Molecular analysis of the Chlamydomonas nuclear gene encoding PsbW and demonstration that PsbW is a subunit of photosystem II, but not photosystem I

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 285-289

  Bishop, Cleo L ^a   Purton, Saul ^a   Nugent, Jonathan H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; Photosystem I; Photosystem II; psbW; PsbW subunit

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CLONING; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS;

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

ALGAL PROTEINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EXONS; GENES; INTRONS; LIGHT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PLANT PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; THYLAKOIDS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037560830     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023963113290     Document Type: Article

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