The amino-acid sequence similarity of plant glutamate dehydrogenase to the extremophilic archaeal enzyme conforms to its stress-related function

Gene

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-92

  Syntichaki, Kalliopi M ^a   Loulakakis, Konstantinos A ^a   Roubelakis Angelakis, Kalliopi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

cDNA; Nitrogen metabolism; Sequence homology; Thermostability; Vitis vinifera

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRESS; THERMOSTABILITY;

VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 0030070662     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)83097-6     Document Type: Article

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