Chloroplast-encoded serotonin N-acetyltransferase in the red alga Pyropia yezoensis: Gene transition to the nucleus from chloroplasts

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 709-717

  Byeon, Yeong ^a   Lee, Hyoung Yool ^a   Choi, Dong Woog ^a   Back, Kyoungwhan ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endosymbiosis; Laver; Melatonin; Pyropia; Red algae; Serotonin N acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ALGAL PROTEIN; ARALKYLAMINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MELATONIN; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; RED ALGA;

ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARYLALKYLAMINE N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHLOROPLASTS; MELATONIN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; RHODOPHYTA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84924654180     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru357     Document Type: Article

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