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Isolation and characterisation of phycobiliprotein rich mutant of cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp.
Acta biologica Hungarica - 1 Jan 2003
Prasanna Radha, Dhar Dolly Wattal, Dominic T K, Tiwari O N, Singh P K
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Chemical (N' methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine) mutagenesis and penicillin selection were utilised to isolate a phenotypically altered mutant of cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. This mutant (ntm60A) exhibited enhanced protein content and nitrogen fixing potential but lower amount of chlorophyll and nitrate reductase activity. A remarkable and significant increase was observed in the total phycobiliprotein...
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