A large open reading frame (orf1995) in the chloroplast DNA of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii encodes an essential protein

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 253, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 649-653

  Boudreau, E ^a   Turmel, M ^a,d   Goldschmidt Clermont, M ^b   Rochaix, J D ^b   Sivan, S ^c   Michaels, A ^c   Leu, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Chloroplast genome; Gene activation; Green algae; Transmembrane protein

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GREEN ALGA; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLASTS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0031018199     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050368     Document Type: Article

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