MSU scientists discover regulatory pathway behind cyanobacteria’s carbon-fixing factories
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Michigan State University research illuminates a key regulatory pathway between cyanobacteria’s light-harvesting systems and the inner compartments where carbon fixation happens. It’s an important step toward better understanding how cyanobacteria balance their energy demands — and how their productivity might be ramped up to support better biotechnologies.
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