Biosynthesis of fluorescent cyanobacterial allophycocyanin trimer in Escherichia coli

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-142

  Liu, Shaofang ^a,b   Chen, Yingjie ^a,b   Lu, Yandu ^b,c   Chen, Huaxin ^a   Li, Fuchao ^a   Qin, Song ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c YANTAI INSTITUTE OF COASTAL ZONE RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Allophycocyanin; Allophycocyanin monomer; Escherichia coli; Fluorescence; Recombinant protein; Trimer assembly

Indexed keywords

ALLOPHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOCYANIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PH; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ABSORPTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, REVERSE-PHASE; CYANOBACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PHYCOCYANIN; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 77955708241     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-010-9574-4     Document Type: Article

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