The structure and organization of the luciferase gene in the photosynthetic dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polyedra

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 275-284

  Li, Liming ^a   Hastings, J Woodland ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Dinoflagellate; Gene duplicaton; Intron; Luciferase; Transcription start site

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DINOFLAGELLATE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INTRON; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; INTRONS; LUCIFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUKARYOTA; GONYAULAX POLYEDRA;

EID: 0031907265     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005941421474     Document Type: Article

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