Bioinformatics evidence for the transfer of mycosporine-like amino acid core (4-deoxygadusol) synthesizing gene from cyanobacteria to dinoflagellates and an attempt to mutate the same gene (YP_324358) in Anabaena variabilis PCC 7937

Gene

Volumn 500, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-163

  Singh, Shailendra P ^a,c   Häder, Donat P ^a,d   Sinha, Rajeshwar P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anabaena variabilis PCC 7937; Cyanobacteria; Gene; Mycosporine like amino acids (MAAs); Tri parental conjugation

Indexed keywords

4 DEOXYGADUSOL; AMINO ACID; MYCOSPORINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANABAENA VARIABILIS; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHLOROPLAST; CYANOBACTERIUM; DINOFLAGELLATE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SYNTHESIS; GENE TRANSFER; HETEROCAPSA TRIQUETRA; KARLODINIUM MICRUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYRRHIS MARINA; PHYLOGENY; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANABAENA VARIABILIS; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; HETEROCAPSA TRIQUETRA; KARLODINIUM MICRUM; OXYRRHIS MARINA; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP. PCC 7335;

EID: 84860477639     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.03.063     Document Type: Article

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