EST-analysis of the thermo-acidophilic red microalga Galdieria sulphuraria reveals potential for lipid A biosynthesis and unveils the pathway of carbon export from rhodoplasts

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-32

  Weber, Andreas P M ^a   Oesterhelt, Christine ^b   Gross, Wolfgang ^c   Bräutigam, Andrea ^a   Imboden, Lori A ^a   Krassovskaya, Inga ^a   Linka, Nicole ^a   Truchina, Julia ^a   Schneidereit, Jörg ^a   Voll, Hildegard ^a   Voll, Lars M ^a   Zimmermann, Marc ^a   Jamai, Aziz ^d   Riekhof, Wayne R ^e,f   Yu, Bin ^e   Garavito, R Michael ^e   Benning, Christoph ^e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d Dartmouth College   (United States)

^e Michigan State University   (United States)

^f Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanidiales; EST analysis; Extremophile; Genomics

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DNA; METABOLISM; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EUKARYOTES; EXTREMOPHILES; GENE SEQUENCES; METABOLIC PATHWAYS;

ALGAE;

ALGAL PROTEIN; CARBON; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; HEXOKINASE; LIPID A; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; RED ALGA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ALGAE, RED; ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FATTY ACIDS; GENE LIBRARY; HEXOKINASE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPID A; LIPID METABOLISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLASTIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TEMPERATURE;

ALGAE; BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONCENTRATION; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

ALGAE; CYANIDIALES; EUKARYOTA; GALDIERIA; GALDIERIA SULPHURARIA; PROKARYOTA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 19944432176     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-0376-y     Document Type: Article

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