White mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii are defective in phytoene synthase

Genetics

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1249-1257

  McCarthy, Sarah S ^a   Kobayashi, Marilyn C ^a   Niyogi, Krishna K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; PHYTOENE SYNTHASE; PIGMENT; SYNTHETASE; TOCOPHEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DNA SEQUENCE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GENETIC MARKERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PIGMENTATION;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; FUNGI;

EID: 10844280753     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.030635     Document Type: Article

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