The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as an experimental system to study chloroplast RNA metabolism

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 97-107

  Nickelsen, J ^a   Kuck U ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST RNA; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT DNA; TRANS ACTING FACTOR;

BIOGENESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA TRANSFER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENOME; GREEN ALGA; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA METABOLISM; TRANS SPLICING;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0034036984     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140050686     Document Type: Review

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