The regulatory networks of gene expression during the sexual differentiation of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, as analyzed by mutants for gametogenesis

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 312-316

  Abe, Jun ^a   Kubo, Takeaki ^a   Saito, Tatsuaki ^b   Matsuda, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Nitrogen starvation inducible genes; Sexual differentiation mutants; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

FUS1 PROTEIN, CHLAMYDOMONAS; GLYCOPROTEIN; NITROGEN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELLS; GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 15744371001     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci025     Document Type: Article

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