Elongation factor 1α genes of the red alga Porphyra purpurea include a novel, developmentally specialized variant

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-85

  Liu, Qing Yan ^a,b   Baldauf, Sandra L ^a,b   Reith, Michael E ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

developmental regulation; elongation factor; evolution; gene expression; rhodophyte; sporophyte

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; PORPHYRA PURPUREA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0030128895     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020608     Document Type: Article

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