Characterization and amino acid sequences of cytochromes c6 from two strains of the green alga chlorella vulgaris

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 628-632

  Yamada, Seiji ^a   Nakamura, Toshio ^b   Tanaka, Yoshimasa ^b   Isogai, Yasuhiro ^c   Nishio, Toshiyuki ^a   Oku, Tadatake ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Chlorella vulgaris CK 22; Chlorella vulgaris CK 5; Cytochrome c6

Indexed keywords

ALGAL PROTEIN; AMINO ACID; CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME F;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHLORELLA; CLASSIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; CHLORELLA; CYTOCHROMES; CYTOCHROMES F; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034151520     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.628     Document Type: Article

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