"Phycocyanin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The metal-free blue phycobilin pigment in a conjugated chromoprotein of blue-green algae. It functions as light-absorbing substance together with chlorophylls.
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D010798
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.500.562.488.490.500.500.755 D08.811.600.710.490.500.500.755 D12.776.765.650 D23.767.690
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Phycocyanin" by people in Profiles.
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Synthetic biology: engineering Escherichia coli to see light. Nature. 2005 Nov 24; 438(7067):441-2.