Centromere dynamics in the primitive red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae

Plant Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1122-1129

  Maruyama, Shinichiro ^a   Kuroiwa, Haruko ^b   Miyagishima, Shin Ya ^b,c   Tanaka, Kan ^a   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

Author keywords

CENH3; Centromere; Chromosome segregation; Cyanidioschyzon merolae

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHROMOSOMES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS;

CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; KINETOCHORE COMPLEXES;

ALGAE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HISTONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CENTROMERE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT CHROMOSOME; RED ALGA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALGAE, RED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

ALGAE; CELLS; CHROMOSOMES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

CYANIDIOSCHYZON MEROLAE; EUKARYOTA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 33847381543     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.03024.x     Document Type: Article

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