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. 1995 May;177(9):2550–2553. doi: 10.1128/jb.177.9.2550-2553.1995

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

D J Scanlan 1, S Sundaram 1, J Newman 1, N H Mann 1, N G Carr 1
PMCID: PMC176916  PMID: 7730289

Abstract

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 significantly impaired dark viability.

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