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Enhanced production of biomass, pigments and antioxidant capacity of a nutritionally important cyanobacterium Nostochopsis lobatus.

Dynamics of C-phycocyanin in various deuterated trehalose/water environments measured by quasielastic and elastic neutron scattering.

Coupling of laser excitation and inelastic neutron scattering: attempt to probe the dynamics of light-induced C-phycocyanin dynamics.

Combinational biosynthesis of a fluorescent cyanobacterial holo-alpha-allophycocyanin in Escherichia coli.

Temporal variations in the dynamics of potentially microcystin-producing strains in a bloom-forming Planktothrix agardhii (Cyanobacterium) population.

Predicting protein interaction interfaces from protein sequences: case studies of subtilisin and phycocyanin.

Ecological advantages from light adaptation and heterotrophic-like behavior in Synechococcus harvested from the Gulf of Trieste (Northern Adriatic Sea).

Preparation of nitrocellulose (NC) immuno-affinity membrane for purification of rAPC antibody.

Biogenesis of phycobiliproteins: II. CpcS-I and CpcU comprise the heterodimeric bilin lyase that attaches phycocyanobilin to CYS-82 OF beta-phycocyanin and CYS-81 of allophycocyanin subunits in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002.

Biogenesis of phycobiliproteins: I. cpcS-I and cpcU mutants of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 define a heterodimeric phyococyanobilin lyase specific for beta-phycocyanin and allophycocyanin subunits.

Phycocyanin sensitizes both photosystem I and photosystem II in cryptophyte Chroomonas CCMP270 cells.

A phycocyanin probe as a tool for monitoring cyanobacteria in freshwater bodies.

Genetic and morphological characterization of Rivularia and Calothrix (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria) from running water.

Molecular properties of R-phycocyanin subunits from Polysiphonia urceolata in potassium phosphate buffer.

[Selenium enriched spirulina and phycocyanin are sources of bioavailable selenium].

Unfolding of C-phycocyanin followed by loss of non-covalent chromophore-protein interactions 1. Equilibrium experiments.

A novel method of single step hydrophobic interaction chromatography for the purification of phycocyanin from Phormidium fragile and its characterization for antioxidant property.

Antibacterial and toxicity evaluation of C-phycocyanin and cell extract of filamentous freshwater cyanobacterium-Westiellopsis sps.

Single-laboratory validation of a method for the determination of c-phycocyanin and allophycocyanin in Spirulina (Arthrospira) supplements and raw materials by spectrophotometry.

Diversity and phylogeny of Baltic Sea picocyanobacteria inferred from their ITS and phycobiliprotein operons.