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Intragenic enhancers and suppressors of phytoene desaturase mutations in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Tran Phoi T, Sharifi Marina N, Poddar Subhajit, Dent Rachel M, Niyogi Krishna K
Abstract excerpt
Photosynthetic organisms synthesize carotenoids for harvesting light energy, photoprotection, and maintaining the structure and function of photosynthetic membranes. A light-sensitive, phytoene-accumulating mutant, pds1-1, was isolated in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and found to be genetically linked to the phytoene desaturase (PDS) gene. PDS catalyzes the second step in carotenoid biosynthesis--the conversion of...
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