Isolation and molecular characterization of rbcS in the unicellular green alga Nannochloris bacillaris (Chlorophyta, Trebouxiophyceae)

Phycological Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-76

  Yamazaki, Tomokazu ^a   Yamamoto, Maki ^a   Sakamoto, Wataru ^b   Kawano, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 bisphosphate carboxyase oxygenase (Rubisco); Exon intron structure; Gene duplication; Gene transfer; Intron sliding; rbcS; Ribulose 1

Indexed keywords

GREEN ALGA; PHYLOGENY;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; NANNOCHLORIS BACILLARIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE;

EID: 18144429133     PISSN: 13220829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2005.tb00358.x     Document Type: Article

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