Identification of a Gene for UDP-sulfoquinovose Synthase of a Green Alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, and Its Phylogeny

DNA Research

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 229-237

  Sato, Norihiro ^a   Sugimoto, Kouichi ^a   Meguro, Ayano ^a,c   Tsuzuki, Mikio ^a,b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Soc Tech Innov Agric Forest/F   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Photosystem II; SQD1; Sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol; UDP sulfoquinovose synthase

Indexed keywords

ALGAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIACYLGLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; GENE PRODUCT; SULFOQUINOVOSYL DIACYLGLYCEROL; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE SULFOQUINOVOSE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXON; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GREEN ALGA; LIPOGENESIS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM II; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SQD1 GENE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALGAL PROTEINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLASTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOLIPIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOSYSTEM II PROTEIN COMPLEX; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 1342323958     PISSN: 13402838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/10.6.229     Document Type: Article

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