Structure and expression of mitochondrial citrate synthases from higher plants

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1022-1029

  La Cognata, Ursula ^a   Landschütze, Volker ^a   Willmitzer, Lothar ^b   Müller Röber, Bernd ^b  

^a Institut fur Genbiologische Forschung Berlin GmbH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta vulgaris; cDNA cloning; Citrate synthase (EC 4.1.3.7); Expression analysis; Nicotiana tabacum; Populus sp.

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BETA VULGARIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; POPULUS; POPULUS SP.; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0030267161     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029033     Document Type: Article

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