New papers, November 1997-early January 1998:
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Avilan, L., B. Gontero, S. Lebreton and J. Ricard (1997).
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Benet, H., E.A. Gall, A. Asensi and B. Kloareg (1997). Protoplast
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Boudreau, E., Y. Takahashi, C. Lemieux, M. Turmel and J.D. Rochaix
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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii are required for the accumulation of the
photosystem I complex. EMBO J. 16, 6095-6104.
Buchheim, M.A., J.A. Buchheim and R.L. Chapman (1997). Phylogeny
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Buleon, A., D.J. Gallant, B. Bouchet, C. Mouille, C. D'Hulst, J.
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Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a model microbial system to
investigate the biosynthesis of the plant amylopectin crystal.
Plant Physiol. 115, 949-957.
Caceres, E.J., L.R. Hoffman, and P.I. Leonardi (1997). Fine
structure of the male and female gametes of Atractomorpha porcata
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and absolute configuration of the flagellar apparatus. J. Phycol.
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Chitlaru, E., R. Seger and U. Pick (1997). Activation of a 74 kDa
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Christensen, S.T., V. Leick, L. Rasmussen and D.N. Wheatley
(1998). Signaling in unicellular eukaryotes. Int. Rev. Cytol.
177, 181-253.
Costa, M., J.M. Fontaine, S. Loiseaux-de Goer and F. Michel
(1997). A group II self-splicing intron from the brown alga
Pylaiella littoralis is active at unusually low magnesium
concentrations and forms populations of molecules with a uniform
conformation. J. Mol. Biol. 274, 353-364.
Cournac, L., K. Redding, P. Bennoun and G. Peltier (1997).
Limited photosynthetic electron flow but no CO2 fixation in
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Daugbjerg, N. and R.A. Andersen (1997). Phylogenetic analyses of
the rbcL sequences from haptophytes and heterokont algae suggest
their chloroplasts are unrelated. Mol. Biol. Evol. 14, 1242-1251.
Dawson, H.N., R. Burlingame and A.C. Cannons (1997). Stable
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Doran, E. and R.A. Cattolico (1997). Photoregulation of
chloroplast gene transcription in the chromophytic alga
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Durnford, D.G. and P.G. Falkowski (1997). Chloroplast redox
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Photosynth. Res. 53, 229-241.
Falkowski, P.G. (1997). Photosynthesis: The paradox carbon
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Forster, B., P.B. Heifetz, A. Lardans, J.E. Boynton and N.W.
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Franklin, L.A. and A.W.D. Larkum (1997). Multiple strategies for
a high light existence in a tropical marine macroalga.
Photosynth. Res. 53, 149-159.
Fridlyand, L.E. (1997). Models of CO2 concentrating mechanisms in
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BioSystems 44, 41-57.
Garcia-Sanchez, M.I., C. Gotor, J.P. Jacquot, M. Stein, A. Suzuki
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Giordano, M. and G. Bowes (1997). Gas exchange and C allocation
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Gloeckner, G. and C.F. Beck (1997). Cloning and characterization
of LRG5, a gene involved in blue light signaling in Chlamydomonas
gametogenesis. Plant J. 12, 677-683.
Goldschmidt-Clermont, M. (1998). Coordination of nuclear and
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Govorunova, E.G., O.A. Sineshchekov and P. Hegemann (1997).
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Grasser, K.D., C. Ritt, M. Krieg, S. Fernandez, J.C. Alonso and R.
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Grolig, F. (1998). Nuclear centering in Spirogyra: force
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Hayashi-Ishimaru, Y., M. Ehara, Y. Inagaki and T. Ohama (1997). A
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Hegemann, P. (1997). Vision in microalgae. Planta 203, 265-274.
Holzinger, A., I. Mittermann, S. Laffer, R. Valenta and U. Meindl
(1997). Microinjection of profilins from different sources into
the green alga Micrasterias causes transient inhibition of cell
growth. Protoplasma 199, 124-134.
Holzinger, A. and U. Meindl (1997). Jasplakinolide, a novel actin
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Hoops, H.J. (1997). Motility in the colonial and multicellular
Volvocales: structure, function, and evolution. Protoplasma 199,
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Iglesias-Prieto, R. and R.K. Trench (1997). Acclimation and
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Inoue, K., B.W. Dreyfuss, K.L. Kindle, D.B. Stern, S. Merchant and
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Jakab, G., A. Mougin, M. Kis, T. Pollak, M. Antal, C. Branlant and
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Kang, T.J. and M.W. Fawley (1997). Variable (CA/GT)n simple
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Karyophyllis, D., B. Galatis and C. Katsaros (1997). Centrosome
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Keusgen, M., J.M. Curtis, P. Thibault, J.A. Walter, A. Windust and
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Kim, J.M. and S.P. Mayfield (1997). Protein disulfide isomerase
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Kobayashi, M., T. Kakizono, N. Nishio, S. Nagai, Y. Kurimura and
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alga Haematococcus pluvialis. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 48,
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Kropat, J., U. Oster, W. Ruediger and C.F. Beck (1997).
Chlorophyll precursors are signals of chloroplast origin involved
in light induction of nuclear heat-shock genes. Proc. Natl. Acad.
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Kurvari, V. (1997). Cell wall biogenesis in Chlamydomonas:
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Lebreton, S., B. Gontero, L. Avilan and J. Ricard (1997).
Information transfer in multienzyme complexes .1. Thermodynamics
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Malanga, G., G. Calmanovici and S. Puntarulo (1997). Oxidative
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Mittag, M. and H. Waltenberger (1997). In vitro mutagenesis of
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Murakami, A. (1997). Quantitative analysis of 77K fluorescence
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Niyogi, K.K., O. Bjorkman and A.R. Grossman (1997). The roles of
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Nozaki, H., M. Ito, H. Uchida, M.M. Watanabe, and T. Kuroiwa
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Nozaki, H., M. Ito, M.M. Watanabe, H. Takano, and T. Kuroiwa
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Plant Physiol. 115, 1241-1249.
Porterfield, D.M. (1997). Orientation of motile unicellular algae
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Richaud, C. and G. Zabulon (1997). The heme oxygenase gene (pbsA)
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Rolland, N., A.J. Dorne, G. Amoroso, D.F. Sueltemeyer, J. Joyard
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Stevens, D.R., and S. Purton (1997). Genetic engineering of
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