A Novel Family of Unconventional Actins in Volvocalean Algae

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 555-561

  Kato Minoura, Takako ^a,b   Okumura, Masayo ^c   Hirono, Masafumi ^d   Kamiya, Ritsu ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; Phylogeny; Volvocales

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AMINO ACID; NOVEL ACTIN LIKE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GREEN ALGA; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; INTRONS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VOLVOX;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS MOEWUSII; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; MAMMALIA; VOLVOCALES; VOLVOX; VOLVOX CARTERI;

EID: 0242269859     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-2509-3     Document Type: Article

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