Molecular cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding caltractin from Dunaliella salina

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 457-461

  Ko, Jae Heung ^a   Kim, Jae Yoon ^a   Lee, Sun Hi ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Basal body; Caltractin; cDNA cloning; Dunaliella salina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CENTRIN; CENTROSOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS; DUNALIELLA SALINA; EUKARYOTA; SALINA;

EID: 0032955540     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029564     Document Type: Article

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