Complete sequence of the mitochondrial DNA of Chlamydomonas eugametos

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 285-295

  Denovan Wright, Eileen M ^a   Nedelcu, Aurora M ^a   Lee, Robert W ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas eugametos; Evolution; Genome sequence; Green algae; Group I intron; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; CIRCULAR DNA; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLANT DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; GENOME; INTRON; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; APOPROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PLANT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENOME, PLANT; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, TRANSFER;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOMONAS EUGAMETOS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031884735     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005995718091     Document Type: Article

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