The Dunaliella salina organelle genomes: Large sequences, inflated with intronic and intergenic DNA

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Smith, David R ^a   Lee, Robert W ^a   Cushman, John C ^b   Magnuson, Jon K ^c   Tran, Duc ^d   Polle, Jürgen E W ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONADALES; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYCEAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA SALINA; EUKARYOTA; VOLVOX;

ALGAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; INTRON; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; PLASTID GENOME;

ALGAE, GREEN; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, ALGAL; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE ORDER; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, PLASTID; INTRONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77951950846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-10-83     Document Type: Article

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