Characterization of novel extrachromosomal DNA from giant-celled marine green algae

Current Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 204-211

  La Claire II, John W ^a   Loudenslager, Carie M ^a   Zuccarello, Giuseppe C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlorophyta; Ernodesmis verticillata; Extrachromosomal DNA; Green alga; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GREEN ALGA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALGAE, GREEN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ALGAE; BOERGESENIA FORBESII; CHLOROPHYTA; ERNODESMIS VERTICILLATA; VERTICILLATA;

EID: 0031667058     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050387     Document Type: Article

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