A ReIA-SpoT homolog (Cr-RSH) identified in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii generates stringent factor in vivo and localizes to chloroplasts in vitro

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 30, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 4985-4992

  Kasai, Koji ^a,b   Usami, Syoji ^b   Yamada, Takashi ^b   Endo, Yaeta ^c   Ochi, Kozo ^a   Tozawa, Yuzuru ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC GMP DERIVATIVE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHOKINASE; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS 32; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SYNTHETASE; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE 3',5' BIS(DIPHOSPHATE) 3' PYROPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE 3',5' POLYPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASES; GUANOSINE 3',5'-POLYPHOSPHATE SYNTHETASES; GUANOSINE-3',5'-BIS(DIPHOSPHATE) 3'-PYROPHOSPHATASE; INORGANIC PYROPHOSPHATASE; LIGASE; RNA;

BACTERIAL CELL; CATALYSIS; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MUTANT; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIONT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLASTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE COMPONENTS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; LIGASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PYROPHOSPHATASES; RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0037110760     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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