Involvement of carotenoids in the synthesis and assembly of protein subunits of photosynthetic reaction centers of synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 823-835

  Sozer, Ozge ^a   Komenda, Josef ^b   Ughy, Bettina ^a   Domonkos, Ildik ^a   Laczk Dobos, Hajnalka ^a   Malec, Przemyslaw ^c   Gombos, Zoltn ^a   Kis, Mihly ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carotenoidless mutant; CrtB; Membrane protein synthesis; Photosynthesis; PSII assembly; Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CAROTENOID; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAROTENOIDS; MUTATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; RNA, BACTERIAL; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 77952372524     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcq031     Document Type: Article

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