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A membrane-associated Mn-superoxide dismutase protects the photosynthetic apparatus and nitrogenase from oxidative damage in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120.
Plant & cell physiology - 1 Apr 2007
Zhao Weixing, Guo Qinxi, Zhao Jindong
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We investigated the functions of a membrane-associated manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) of the heterocystous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. The gene sodA encoding MnSOD was inactivated by interposon mutagenesis and it was confirmed by Southern hybridization and immunoblotting. The strain A17, lacking sodA, grew more slowly than the wild type, and the difference in growth rates between the two strains...
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