The Nac2 gene of Chlamydomonas encodes a chloroplast TPR-like protein involved in psbD mRNA stability

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3366-3376

  Boudreau, Eric ^a   Nickelsen, Jörg ^b   Lemaire, Stéphane D ^a   Ossenbühl, Friedrich ^b   Rochaix, Jean David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; Chloroplast; RNA stability; TPR protein

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; RNA;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0034601028     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.13.3366     Document Type: Article

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