Function of 3′ non-coding sequences and stop codon usage in expression of the chloroplast psaB gene in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 337-354

  Lee, Hyeonmoo ^a   Bingham, Scott E ^a   Webber, Andrew N ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast transformation; mRNA stability; Photosystem I

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; CHLOROPLAST RNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHOTOSYSTEM I, PSAB SUBUNIT; PLANT RNA; PRIMER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CODON; CONFORMATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYSTEM I; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSLATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CODON; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HYDROGEN BONDING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE CHAIN TERMINATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PHOTOSYSTEM I PROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RIBOSOMES; RNA, CHLOROPLAST; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030152703     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00021794     Document Type: Article

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