NAB1 can be used as a marker of cytoplasm in Chlamydomonas reinhardii.
In Chlamydomonas rhineae, NAB1(nucleic acid-binding protein 1) interacts in the cytoplasm with mrna encoding the photosystem II photocollection protein. NAB1 and Xenopus frgy2 proteins have structural similarities (cold-shock domain (CSD)). According to immunolocalization studies, NAB1 protein is only present in the cytoplasm, Mussgnug et al. (2005).
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