Ethionine-resistant mutants of the filamentous blue-green alga Plectonema boryanum.

Authors :: Hentschel WM
Farmer JL
Andersen WR
Source :: Journal of bacteriology [J Bacteriol] 1978 Mar; Vol. 133 (3), pp. 1536-9.
Publication Year :: 1978
Abstract: Plectonema boryanum mutants that are resistant to ethionine are unable to incorporate ethionine into acid-precipitable material. Ethionine causes bleaching of chlorophyll in sensitive cells.

Subjects :: Cyanobacteria genetics
Cyanobacteria metabolism
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Ethionine metabolism
Genes
Methionine metabolism
Mutation
Cyanobacteria drug effects
Ethionine pharmacology

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