Chlorophyll antenna size adjustments by irradiance in Dunaliella salina involve coordinate regulation of chlorophyll a oxygenase (CAO) and Lhcb gene expression

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 757-771

  Masuda, Tatsuru ^a,b   Tanaka, Ayumi ^a,c   Melis, Anastasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CAO; Chlorophyll antenna size; Gene expression; Green algae; Lhcb; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; IRRADIATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

GENE EXPRESSION;

CHLOROPHYLL;

ALGAE, GREEN; ALGAL PROTEINS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CALMODULIN; CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; OXYGENASES; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN KINASE C; PYRROLIDINONES; RNA STABILITY; RNA, MESSENGER; STAUROSPORINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRIFLUOPERAZINE;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA; DUNALIELLA SALINA; EUKARYOTA; SALINA;

EID: 0037353408     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022545118212     Document Type: Article

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