Light-dependent attenuation of phycoerythrin gene expression reveals convergent evolution of green light sensing in cyanobacteria

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 45, 2011, Pages 18542-18547

  Bezy, Ryan P ^a,b   Wiltbank, Lisa ^a   Kehoe, David M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT MERCY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Light regulation; Phenotypic plasticity; Photosynthesis; Phycobilisome; Post transcriptional control

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; PHYCOERYTHRIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; FREMYELLA DIPLOSIPHON; GREEN LIGHT; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED LIGHT; RNA STABILITY; START CODON;

CYANOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIGHT; PHYCOERYTHRIN;

CYANOBACTERIA; TOLYPOTHRIX SP. PCC 7601;

EID: 81055126074     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1107427108     Document Type: Article

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