Effects of site-directed mutations in the chloroplast-encoded ycf4 gene on PSI complex assembly in the green alga chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1750-1760

  Onishi, Takahito ^a   Takahashi, Yuichiro ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assembly; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; Photosynthesis; PSI; Site directed mutagenesis; Ycf4

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; YCF4 PROTEIN, CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; FLUORESCENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHOTOSYSTEM I PROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 70349849765     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcp117     Document Type: Article

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