Annotation of genes involved in glycerolipid biosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: Discovery of the betaine lipid synthase BTA1Cr

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 242-252

  Riekhof, Wayne R ^a,b   Sears, Barbara B ^b   Benning, Christoph ^a,b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL PROTEIN; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETAINE; BTAA PROTEIN, RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; BTAB PROTEIN, RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; MEMBRANE LIPID; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASTID;

ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETAINE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES;

EID: 13844308311     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.4.2.242-252.2005     Document Type: Article

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