EPR study of thylakoid membrane dynamics in mutants of the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-90

  Kłodawska, Kinga ^a   Malec, Przemysław ^a   Kis, Mihály ^b   Gombos, Zoltán ^b   Strzałka, Kazimierz ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Carotenoid biosynthesis enzymes; Cyanobacteria; Lipid desaturases; Spin labels

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 84860438362     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: 1734154X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2012_2178     Document Type: Article

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