Cytochrome f and subunit IV, two essential components of the photosynthetic bf complex typically encoded in the chloroplast genome, are nucleus-encoded in Euglena gracilis

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1604, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 180-189

  Santillán Torres, José Luis ^a   Atteia, Ariane ^a,c   Claros, M Gonzalo ^b   González Halphen, Diego ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast DNA; Euglena gracilis; Photosynthetic complex

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME F; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; DNA SEQUENCE; EUGLENA GRACILIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENOME; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STAINING;

EUGLENA GRACILIS; PROTISTA;

EID: 0038771140     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2728(03)00058-6     Document Type: Article

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