Transfer, integration and expression of functional nuclear genes between multicellular species

Symbiosis

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 57-64

  Pierce, Sidney K ^a   Curtis, Nicholas E ^a   Hanten, Jeffery J ^a   Boerner, Susan L ^a   Schwartz, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast symbiosis; Chromophyta; Gene transfer; Sacoglossa

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CHLOROPLAST; COLOR MORPH; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; SLUG;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHROMOPHYTA; ELYSIA CHLOROTICA; GASTROPODA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; SACOGLOSSA;

EID: 36148960107     PISSN: 03345114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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