A novel homologue of the prokaryotic htrA gene is differentially expressed in the alga Haematococcus pluvialis following stress

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 345-350

  Hershkovits, G ^a   Dubinsky, Z ^a   Katcoff, D J ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Differential display; Haematococcus pluvialis; htrA; Stress protein

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ALGA; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRESS;

ALGAE, GREEN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ALGAE; HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0030918497     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050425     Document Type: Article

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