Two types of differentially photo-regulated nuclear genes that encode σ factors for chloroplast RNA polymerase in the red alga Cyanidium caldarium strain RK-1

Gene

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 277-285

  Oikawa, Kosuke ^a   Tanaka, Kan ^a   Takahashi, Hideo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Phylogenic tree; Plastid; Principal sigma factor; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED ALGA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ALGAE, RED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA, PLANT; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, PLANT; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGMA FACTOR;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANIDIUM CALDARIUM; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0032515916     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00075-4     Document Type: Article

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