Characterization of a cDNA encoding glutamine synthetase from the marine diatom Skeletonema costatum (Bacillariophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 786-797

  Robertson, Deborah L ^a,d   Smith, G Jason ^b   Alberte, Randall S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c ARETÉ ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AF064638; AF065142; Bacillariophyceae; Evolution; Glutamine synthetase; Nitrogen metabolism; Skeletonema costatum

Indexed keywords

ALGA GENETICS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CDNA LIBRARY; DNA ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA; SKELETONEMA COSTATUM; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0032817374     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3540786.x     Document Type: Article

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