Analysis of a plastid gene cluster reveals a close relationship between Cyanidioschyzon and Cyanidium

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 235-245

  Ohta, Niji ^a   Sato, Naoki ^b   Ueda, Kunihiko ^c   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^d  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanidioschyzon merolae; Cyanidium caldarium; Plastid genome; Rhodophyta

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANIDIOSCHYZON; CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; CYANIDIUM; CYANIDIUM CALDARIUM; PLANTAE; PORPHYRA; PORPHYRA PURPUREA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0031285936     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02509312     Document Type: Article

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