The argininosuccinate lyase gene of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: Cloning of the cDNA and its characterization as a selectable shuttle marker

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-30

  Auchincloss, A H ^a   Loroch, A I ^a   Rochaix, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Argininosuccinate lyase cDNA; Chlamydomonas; Plasmid rescue; Shuttle vector; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUTTLE VECTOR;

ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLASTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENES; GENETIC MARKERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033026887     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050937     Document Type: Article

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