Observations on the Relationship between the Formation of Photopigments and the Synthesis of Protein in Rhodopseudomonas spheroides
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- 1 September 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Microbiology
- Vol. 28 (4), 599-605
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-28-4-599
Abstract
SUMMARY: Cells of Rhodopseudomonas spheroides cannot increase their specific photopigment content in the absence of protein synthesis. The significance of this finding for an understanding of the structure of the photosynthetic apparatus in bacteria is discussed.Keywords
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