The regulation of light sensing and light-harvesting impacts the use of cyanobacteria as biotechnology platforms

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Montgomery, Beronda L ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Cyanobacteria; Light signaling; Photoinhibition; Photosynthesis; Phycobilisomes; Synthetic biology; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; HARVESTING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRODUCTION PLATFORMS;

CYANOBACTERIA; LIGHT SIGNALING; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHYCOBILISOMES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

LIGHT;

EID: 84997555472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22964185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2014.00022     Document Type: Article

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