Effects of modified phycobilin biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1663-1671

  Alvey, Richard M ^a   Biswas, Avijit ^b   Schluchter, Wendy M ^b   Bryant, Donald A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BILIVERDIN; DNA FRAGMENT; HEME OXYGENASE; PHYCOBILIN; PHYCOBILIPROTEIN; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYCOCYANOBILIN SYNTHASE; PHYCOERYTHRIN; PHYTOCHROMOBILIN; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PCYA GENE; PEBAB GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHYCOBILINS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 79952790077     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01392-10     Document Type: Article

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