Characterization of a galactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase gene from the marine red alga Graeilaria gracilis

Current Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 112-119

  Lluisma, Arturo O ^a,b,d   Ragan, Mark A ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Can Inst Adv Res in Evol Biol

^d University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Galactose metabolism; Gracilaria gracilis; Nuclear gene; Rhodophyceae; Uridylyltransferase

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED ALGA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TATA BOX;

ALGAE, RED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; UTP-HEXOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; GRACILARIA GRACILIS; RHODOPHYTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031664501     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050374     Document Type: Article

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