Isolation, characterization, and chromosome mapping of an actin gene from the primitive green alga, Nannochloris bacillaris (Chlorophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 477-485

  Arai, Sayaka ^a   Takahashi, Hidenori ^a   Takano, Hiroyoshi ^a   Sakai, Atsushi ^a   Kawano, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin gene; Actin localization; Cell division; Karyotype; Nannochloris bacillaris

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; EXON; GENE MAPPING; GENOME; INTRON; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RADIATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; NANNOCHLORIS BACILLARIS; RHODOPHYTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VOLVOX;

EID: 0031850975     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340477.x     Document Type: Article

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