In vivo effects on photosynthesis gene expression of base pair exchanges in the gene encoding the light-responsive BLUF domain of AppA in rhodobacter sphaeroides

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 882-889

  Metz, Sebastian ^a   Hendriks, Johnny ^b   Jäger, Andreas ^a   Hellingwerf, Klaas ^b   Klug, Gabriele ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPA PROTEIN, RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FLAVOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; MUTATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE PAIRING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; FLAVOPROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 77954388093     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2010.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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