An Rh1-GFP fusion protein is in the cytoplasmic membrane of a white mutant strain of chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Molecular Plant

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1007-1020

  Yoshihara, Corinne ^a   Inoue, Kentaro ^b   Schichnes, Denise ^c   Ruzin, Steven ^c   Inwood, William ^a   Kustu, Sydney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CO2 acquisition; Fluorescence imaging; Membrane biology; Protein targeting

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 72449200328     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssn074     Document Type: Article

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