High-light-dependent upregulation of car
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Sabine Steiger; Lutz SchΓ€fer; Gerhard Sandmann
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Article
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1999
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Light-dependent carotenoid formation has been investigated in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803. Upon transfer of cultures from low-(35 mmol m y2 s y1 ) to high-intensity illumination (500 mmol m y2 s y1 ), a decrease of the endogenous carotenoids to 85% of the initial value is observed. Tre