A putative Mg chelatase subunit from Arabidopsis thaliana cv C24: Sequence and transcript analysis of the gene, import of the protein into chloroplasts, and in situ localization of the transcript and protein

Plant Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-71

  Gibson, Lucien C D ^a   Marrison, Joanne L ^b   Leech, Rachel M ^b   Jensen, Poul E ^c   Bassham, Diane C ^d   Gibson, Marie ^a   Hunter, C Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LYASE; MAGNESIUM CHELATASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHLOROPLASTS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030136845     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.1.61     Document Type: Article

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