Two ftsH-family genes encoded in the nuclear and chloroplast genomes of the primitive red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 321-337

  Itoh, Ryuuichi ^a,b   Takano, Hiroyoshi ^a,c   Ohta, Niji ^d   Miyagishima, Shin Ya ^a   Kuroiwa, Haruko ^a   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AAA superfamily; Chloroplast; Cyanidioschyzon merolae; FtsH; Mitochondrion; Red alga

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST; GENOME ANALYSIS; PLANT GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALGAE, RED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ATP-DEPENDENT PROTEASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLASTS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PLANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, PLANT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ALGAE; CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0033213557     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006369104530     Document Type: Article

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