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Structure and light-regulated expression of phycoerythrin genes in wild-type and phycobilisome assembly mutants of Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6701.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Mar 1990
Anderson L K, Grossman A R
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Phycoerythrin is a major pigmented component of the phycobilisome, a cyanobacterial light-harvesting complex. It contains bilin-type chromophores that absorb and transfer light energy to chlorophyll protein complexes of the photosynthetic membranes. In many cyanobacteria, phycoerythrin expression is regulated by light wavelength in a response known as chromatic adaptation. Green light-grown cells contain higher...
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