Construction of a chassis for hydrogen production: Physiological and molecular characterization of a synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 mutant lacking a functional bidirectional hydrogenase

Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 448-464

  Pinto, Filipe ^a,b   van Elburg, Karin A ^c   Pacheco, Catarina C ^a   Lopo, Miguel ^a   Noirel, Josselin ^c   Montagud, Arnau ^d   Urchueguía, Javier F ^d   Wright, Phillip C ^c   Tamagnini, Paula ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL ENERGY; DELETION MUTANT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN; HYDROGENASE; MUTATION; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 84856690893     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.052282-0     Document Type: Article

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