Characterization of a zwf mutant of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942.

doi:10.1128/jb.177.9.2550-2553.1995

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Characterization of a zwf mutant of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 May 1995

Scanlan D J, Sundaram S, Newman J, Mann N H, Carr N G

Abstract excerpt

A mutant of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 carrying a disrupted gene encoding glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (zwf) produced no detectable glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase as assessed by enzyme assay and Western blot (immunoblot) analysis. This mutant exhibited significan...

Topics

Cyanobacteria
Darkness
Energy Metabolism
Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase
Light
Mutagenesis, Insertional
Pentose Phosphate Pathway
Phenotype

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