Evolution of a divinyl chlorophyll-based photosystem in Prochlorococcus

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

Volumn 108, Issue 44, 2011, Pages 18014-18019

  Ito, Hisashi ^a   Tanaka, Ayumi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLL BINDING PROTEIN; DIVINYLCHLOROPHYLL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CELL GROWTH; CYANOPHAGE; EVOLUTION; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT DAMAGE; LIGHT INTENSITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PSBA GENE; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

CHLOROPHYLL; LIGHT; MUTATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 81055145440     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1107590108     Document Type: Article

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