Chlorophyll breakdown in Chlorella protothecoides: Characterization of degreening and cloning of degreening-related genes

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 439-450

  Hörtensteiner, Stefan ^a   Chinner, Joanne ^b   Matile, Philippe ^a   Thomas, Howard ^b   Donnison, Iain S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cDNA; Chlorella protothecoides; Chlorophyll breakdown; Degreening; Differential screening; Senescence

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CATABOLISM; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOCHROME F; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC SCREENING; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX; NITROGEN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEINASE; PROTOCHLOROPHYLLIDE OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLORELLA; CHLOROPHYLL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ALGAE; AUXENOCHLORELLA PROTOTHECOIDES; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0343618696     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006380125438     Document Type: Article

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