The Chlamydomonas reinhardtii organellar genomes respond transcriptionally and post-transcriptionally to abiotic stimuli

Plant Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2681-2706

  Lilly, Jason W ^a   Maul, Jude E ^a   Stern, David B ^a  

^a United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYMES; GENES; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RNA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

TRANSCRIPTION RATES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0036844771     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.005595     Document Type: Article

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