Cloning and characterization of a gene encoding an actin-related protein in Chlamydomonas

Gene

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 153-159

  Lee, Vincent D ^a   Finstad, Stacey L ^a   Huang, Bessie ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Differential expression; mRNA level; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; POLYADENYLATED RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 0030847628     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00254-0     Document Type: Article

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