Investigations on gene copy number, introns and chromosomal arrangement of genes encoding the fucoxanthin chlorophyll a/c-binding proteins of the centric diatom Cyclotella cryptica

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Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-39

  Eppard, Martin ^a   Rhiel, Erhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA TEMPLATE; FUCOXANTHIN CHLOROPHYLL A,C BINDING PROTEIN; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE COPY NUMBER; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMER DNA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

COSCINODISCOPHYCEAE; CYCLOTELLA CRYPTICA;

EID: 0034124897     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1434-4610-00005     Document Type: Article

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