Rerouting carbon flux to enhance photosynthetic productivity

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2660-2668

  Ducat, Daniel C ^a,b   Avelar Rivas, J Abraham ^a,c   Way, Jeffrey C ^b   Silvera, Pamela A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PLANTS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION RATE; BIOSYNTHESIS PATHWAYS; CARBON FIXATION; CARBON FLUXES; CHEMICAL COMMODITIES; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENTS; CYANOBACTERIAL SPECIES; EFFICIENT PRODUCTION; GENETIC MODIFICATIONS; PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTIVITY; PHOTOSYSTEM II ACTIVITIES; RATE OF PRODUCTIONS; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS; TERRESTRIAL PLANTS; TOTAL BIOMASS; WILD-TYPE STRAIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBOHYDRATES; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CHLOROPHYLL; FORESTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUCOSE; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL);

SUGAR (SUCROSE);

CHLOROPHYLL; SUCROSE;

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON FLUX; COMMODITY MARKET; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOOD MARKET; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SUGAR; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON CYCLE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHOTOTROPHY; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CARBON CYCLE; CHLOROPHYLL; LIGHT; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PHOTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; SUCROSE; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 84861172182     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07901-11     Document Type: Article

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