Cloning and characterisation of an Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA clone encoding an organellar isoform of serine acetyltransferase

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1041-1049

  Roberts, Michael A ^a   Wray, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1YES; Arabidopsis thaliana; Cysteine biosynthesis; Functional complementation; Serine acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; ORGANELLES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 0030097248     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020814     Document Type: Article

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