Copper-dependent iron assimilation pathway in the model photosynthetic eukaryote Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 736-757

  La Fontaine, Sharon ^a,b   Quinn, Jeanette M ^a,c   Nakamoto, Stacie S ^a   Dudley Page, M ^a   Göhre, Vera ^a,d   Moseley, Jeffrey L ^a   Kropat, Janette ^a   Merchant, Sabeeha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Stratagene   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ALGAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CERULOPLASMIN; CHAPERONE; COPPER; FERRITIN; IRON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CERULOPLASMIN; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COPPER; FERRITINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0036777691     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.1.5.736-757.2002     Document Type: Article

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