The complete chloroplast genome sequence of the chlorophycean green alga Scenedesmus obliquus reveals a compact gene organization and a biased distribution of genes on the two DNA strands

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  De Cambiaire, Jean Charles ^a   Otis, Christian ^a   Lemieux, Claude ^a   Turmel, Monique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; CHLOROPLAST DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPLAST; CHLOROPLAST GENETICS; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME; GREEN ALGA; INTRON; INVERTED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT GENETICS; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; PRASINOPHYCEAE; SCENEDESMUS; SCENEDESMUS OBLIQUUS; TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE; ULVOPHYCEAE;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLASTS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, INTERGENIC; GENOME; INTRONS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 33746275499     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-6-37     Document Type: Article

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