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By using in vitro PCR method, C-phycocyanin operon of Arthrospira platensis FACHB341 was cloned and characterized. The operon consists of 427 bp ussB, 519 bp cpcB gene, 111 bp igsB-A region, 489 bp cpcA gene, 184 bp ussH region and 357 bp cpcH gene. Promoter prediction and signal scan show that there are putative promoter sequences and regulatory elements in ussB and ussH sequences.
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Liu, J., Zhang, X., Sui, Z. et al. Cloning and characterization of c-phycocyanin operon from the cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis FACHB341. J Appl Phycol 17, 181–185 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-005-6418-2
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