Isolation, characterization, and chromosomal mapping of an ftsZ gene from the unicellular primitive red alga Cyanidium caldarium RK-1

Current Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-151

  Takahara, Manabu ^b   Takahashi, Hidenori ^a,b   Matsunaga, Sachihiro ^b   Sakai, Atsushi ^b,c   Kawano, Shigeyuki ^b   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyanidium caldarium RK 1; ftsZ; Plastid division; Primitive red alga

Indexed keywords

ALGAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTROPHORESIS; EUKARYOTE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; RED ALGA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ALGAE; CYANIDIUM CALDARIUM; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0034019684     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050021     Document Type: Article

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