Assembly, function and evolution of cyanobacterial carboxysomes

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2016, Pages 66-75

  Kerfeld, Cheryl A ^a,b,c,d   Melnicki, Matthew R ^c,d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

CYANOBACTERIUM; METABOLISM;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYANOBACTERIA; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

EID: 84960974974     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2016.03.009     Document Type: Review

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