Organization and characterization of the ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit εN-methyltransferase gene in tobacco

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 663-671

  Ying, Zhentu ^a   Janney, Noel ^a   Houtz, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene structure; Protein methylase III (Rubisco LSMT, Rubisco large subunit N methyltransferase, EC 2.1.1.43); Protein methylation; Ribulose 1,5 bisphosphatecarboxylase oxygenase (Rubisco); Tobacco; Trimethyllysine

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT DNA; RIBULOSE 1,5 BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE OXYGENASE LARGE SUBUNIT EPSILONN METHYLTRANSFERASE; RIBULOSE-1,5-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE-OXYGENASE LARGE SUBUNIT EPSILONN-METHYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; EXON; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; EXONS; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, PLANT; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, TOXIC; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030292845     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020207     Document Type: Article

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