Comprehensive guide to acetyl-carboxylases in algae

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-65

  Huerlimann, Roger ^a   Heimann, Kirsten ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apicomplexan; Binding region; Chlorophyta; Endosymbiotic theory; Heteromeric; Homomeric; Lipid; Ochrophyta; Plastid; Rhodophyta

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXAN; BINDING REGION; CHLOROPHYTA; ENDOSYMBIOTIC; HETEROMERIC; HOMOMERIC; OCHROPHYTA; PLASTID; RHODOPHYTA;

AMINO ACIDS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYMES; LIPIDS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

ALGAE;

ACETYL COENZYME A CARBOXYLASE; LIPID;

ALGA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CYTOSOL; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HAPTOPHYTA; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

ACETYL-COA CARBOXYLASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROPHYTA; LIPIDS; MICROALGAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; RHODOPHYTA; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84873107931     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2012.668671     Document Type: Review

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