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[Isolation and physiological and biochemical characterization of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii C-41 mutant, a superproducer of ξ-carotene].
Prikladnaia biokhimiia i mikrobiologiia - 1 Jan 2000
Ladygin V G
Abstract excerpt
The composition of the carotenes and xanthophylls of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Dang. C-41, a mutant of a unicellular green alga and a superproducer of ξ-carotene, was studied. The light-harvesting complexes and a complex of the PS-II reaction center were established to be disrupted in the C-41 mutant. However, the mutant retained a high (up to 46%) photosynthetic activity and the capacity to accumulate...
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