Effect of coding regions on chloroplast gene expression in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 276-282

  Kasai, Seitaro ^a   Yoshimura, Satomi ^a   Ishikura, Kiyohide ^a   Takaoka, Yasuko ^a   Kobayashi, Kei ^a   Kato, Ko ^a   Shinmyo, Astuhiko ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Chloroplast; Coding region; Promoter; Transcription; glucuronidase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; PROTEINS; RNA;

CHOLOROPLAST GENE EXPRESSION;

GENES;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; ATPA GENE; CHIMERA; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PSBA GENE; PSBD GENE; RBCL GENE; REPORTER GENE; UIDA GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 0037269385     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.95.276     Document Type: Article

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