Isolation and characterization of a new transposable element in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 681-687

  Wang, Shao Chun ^a,c   Schnell, Rogene A ^b,c   Lefebvre, Paul A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; NIT8; Nitrate assimilation; Tcr3; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

ALGA GENETICS; ASSIMILATION; CULTIVAR IDENTIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE TAGGING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NITRITE; SEQUENCE REPEAT; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032214990     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006033126011     Document Type: Article

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