Membrane lipid biosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: Expression and characterization of CTP:phosphoethanolamine cytidylyltransferase

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 382, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-57

  Yang, Wenyu ^a   Mason, Catherine B ^a   Pollock, Steve V ^a   Lavezzi, Tracey ^a   Moroney, James V ^a   Moore, Thomas S ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; CTP:phosphoethanolamine cytidyltransferase; Gene expression; Lipid; Membrane; Phosphatidylethanolamine

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIA; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE CYTIDYLYLTRANSFERASE (ECT); REFLAGELLATION;

AMINO ACIDS; CELL MEMBRANES; DNA; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPIDS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; RNA; YEAST;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

CELL MARKER; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; ETHANOLAMINE PHOSPHATE CYTIDYLYLTRANSFERASE; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DARKNESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LIGHT; LIPOGENESIS; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 4344625375     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20040254     Document Type: Article

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