Nucleus-encoded, plastid-targeted acetolactate synthase genes in two closely related chlorophytes, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Volvox carteri: Phylogenetic origins and recent insertion of introns

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-21

  Funke, R P ^a,d   Kovar, J L ^a   Logsdon Jr , J M ^b   Corrette Bennett, J C ^c,e   Straus, D R ^c,f   Weeks, D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^e Doane College   (United States)

^f Genomic Profiling Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetolactate synthase (ALS); Chlamydomonas; Spliceosomal introns; Volvox

Indexed keywords

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; AMINO ACID;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GREEN ALGA; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; ALGAE, GREEN; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLASTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTRONS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RNA SPLICING;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; RHODOPHYTA; VIRIDIPLANTAE; VOLVOX; VOLVOX CARTERI;

EID: 0032849998     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051054     Document Type: Article

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