Genetic and biochemical analysis of the TLA1 gene in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Planta

Volumn 231, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 729-740

  Mitra, Mautusi ^a   Melis, Anastasios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chl deficient mutant; Chlamydomonas; Chlorophyll antenna size; Photosynthesis; Polytomella parva; TLA1 gene

Indexed keywords

ALGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EUKARYOTA; POLYTOMELLA PARVA;

EID: 76049111244     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-009-1083-3     Document Type: Article

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