The role of GlsA in the evolution of asymmetric cell division in the green alga Volvox carteri

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 213, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 328-335

  Cheng, Qian ^a   Fowler, Rachel ^b   Tam, Lai Wa ^c   Edwards, Lisseth ^a   Miller, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell division; Cell fate; Chlamydomonas; Volvox

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONE; DNA; PROTEIN GLSA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TYPE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GREEN ALGA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOMATIC CELL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENE;

ALGAL PROTEINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VOLVOX;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; VERTEBRATA; VOLVOCALES; VOLVOX; VOLVOX CARTERI;

EID: 0041632263     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-003-0332-x     Document Type: Article

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