Identification and characterization of a fluorescent flagellar protein from the brown alga Scytosiphon lomentaria (Scytosiphonales, Phaeophyceae): A flavoprotein homologous to Old Yellow Enzyme

European Journal of Phycology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-167

  Fujita, Satoshi ^a   Iseki, Mineo ^b,c   Yoshikawa, Shinya ^b,c   Marino, Yumiko ^c   Watanabe, Masakatsu ^c,e   Motomura, Taizo ^d   Kawai, Hiroshi ^a   Murakami, Akio ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brown algae; Flagella; Flavin mononucleotide; Flavoprotein; Old Yellow Enzyme; Scytosiphon lomentaria

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; PROTEIN;

PHAEOPHYCEAE; PROTEOBACTERIA; SCYTOSIPHON LOMENTARIA; SCYTOSIPHONALES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 21244464338     PISSN: 09670262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670260500063193     Document Type: Article

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