Molecular Cloning and Nucleotide Sequence Analysis of the Gene Coding for Chloroplast-type Ferredoxin from the Dinoflagellates Peridinium bipes and Alexandrium tamarense

Fisheries Science

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 692-700

  Yoshikawa, Takeshi ^a,b   Takishita, Kiyotaka ^a   Ishida, Yuzaburo ^a,c   Uchida, Aritsune ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alexandrium tamarense; Peridinium bipes; Phylogenetic relationship; Promoter; Transit peptides; 2Fe 2S ferredoxin gene

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRIUM TAMARENSE; ALGAE; BIPES; CHLOROPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PERIDINIUM BIPES;

EID: 0007585146     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.63.692     Document Type: Article

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