Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 nifJ mutant lacking pyruvate:Ferredoxin oxidoreductase

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2435-2444

  McNeely, Kelsey ^a,b   Xu, Yu ^c   Ananyev, Gennady ^a,b   Bennette, Nicholas ^a,b   Bryant, Donald A ^c   Dismukes, G Charles ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL-COA; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; COENZYME A; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; GENE CODES; HYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; KNOCKOUT MUTANT; MUTANT CELLS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHOTOAUTOTROPHIC GROWTH; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; PYRUVATES; REDUCTANTS; SECOND PHASE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TEMPORALLY RESOLVED; WILD TYPES; WT CELLS;

CHEMICAL DETECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENES; GLYCEROL; QUANTUM YIELD;

VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; LACTIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; PYRUVIC ACID;

CATABOLISM; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; OXIDATION; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY;

ARTICLE; DARKNESS; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

ACETATES; DARKNESS; FERMENTATION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HYDROGEN; LACTIC ACID; LIGHT; NAD; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; PYRUVIC ACID; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS PCC 6301; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 79953282177     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02792-10     Document Type: Article

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