Photoactivated adenylyl cyclase (PAC) genes in the flagellate Euglena gracilis mutant strains

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 732-739

  Ntefidou, Maria ^a   Häder, Donat Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE ALPHA; ADENYLATE CYCLASE BETA; ENZYME ANTIBODY; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EUGLENA GRACILIS; EUGLENA LONGA; FLAGELLATE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOTAXIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

AGOUTI PACA; ASTASIA; EUGLENA; EUGLENA GRACILIS; EUGLENA LONGA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 25444437474     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b502002f     Document Type: Article

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