Genome-based examination of chlorophyll and carotenoid biosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Plant Physiology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 490-515

  Lohr, Martin ^a   Im, Chung Soon ^b   Grossman, Arthur R ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPHYLL; MICROORGANISMS; PROTEINS; RNA;

CAROTENOID BIOSYNTHESIS; CYANOBACTERIA;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPHYLLS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROORGANISMS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CLASSIFICATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYLL; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 27244453757     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.056069     Document Type: Article

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