Characterization of a cDNA encoding a homolog of actin-related protein 4 from a marine red alga Porphyra yezoensis

Fisheries Science

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 639-645

  Kitade, Yukihiro ^a   Nakamura, Michiko ^a   Endo, Hirotoshi ^a   Fukuda, Satoru ^a,b   Kuwano, Kazuyoshi ^c   Saga, Naotsune ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyowa Concrete Industry Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin related protein; Gene expression; Nuclear localization signal; Porphyra yezoensis; Red alga

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; PORPHYRA; PORPHYRA YEZOENSIS; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 33745020684     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2006.01194.x     Document Type: Article

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