The sakaguchi reaction product quenches phycobilisome fluorescence, allowing determination of the arginine concentration in cells of Anabaena strain PCC 7120

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-28

  Ke, Shan ^a   Haselkorn, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITROGEN;

ABSORPTION; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL REACTION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROCYST; NONHUMAN; PHYCOBILISOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; SAKAGUCHI REACTION;

AMMONIA; ANABAENA; ARGININE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CYTOSKELETON; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYCOBILISOMES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

ANABAENA;

EID: 84872022179     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01512-12     Document Type: Article

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