Isolation and characterization of a cDNA encoding a pea ornithine transcarbamoylase (argF) and comparison with other transcarbamoylases

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1087-1092

  Williamson, Cynthia L ^a   Lake, Marc R ^a   Slocum, Robert D ^a  

^a GOUCHER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

arginine biosynthesis; aspartate transcarbamoylase; carbamoyl phosphate; ornithine transcarbamoylase; Pisum sativum

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PISUM SATIVUM; SATIVUM;

EID: 0030237515     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00040826     Document Type: Article

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