Is E37, a major polypeptide of the inner membrane from plastid envelope, an S-adenosyl methionine-dependent methyltransferase?

Plant Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 903-912

  Teyssier, Emeline ^a   Block, Maryse A ^a   Douce, Roland ^a   Joyard, Jacques ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Vegetale Grenoble   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E37 PROTEIN, SPINACIA OLERACEA; METHIONINE S METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASTID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CYANOBACTERIA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; LILIOPSIDA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030295303     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.10050903.x     Document Type: Article

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