The fucoxanthin-chlorophyll proteins from a chromophyte alga are part of a large multigene family: structural and evolutionary relationships to other light harvesting antennae

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 377-386

  Durnford, D G ^a   Aebersold, R ^b   Green, B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fucoxanthin; Gene family; Heterosigma carterae; Light harvesting antennae; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FUCOXANTHIN; POLYPEPTIDE;

ALGA; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; DINOFLAGELLATE; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GREEN ALGA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALGAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAROTENOIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 0030468303     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050334     Document Type: Article

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