Identification and expression analysis of cDNA encoding a chloroplast recombination protein REC1, the chloroplast RecA homologue in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2608-2613

  Nakazato, Emi ^a   Fukuzawa, Hideya ^b   Tabata, Satoshi ^c   Takahashi, Hideo ^a   Tanaka, Kan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Chloroplast; DNA damage; DNA repair; Recombination

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOBACCO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLASTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; REC A RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOBACCO;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 3042626938     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.67.2608     Document Type: Article

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