Rational molecular design and genetic engineering of herbicide resistant crops by structure modeling and site-directed mutagenesis of acetohydroxyacid synthase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 359-368

  Ott, Karl Heinz ^a   Kwagh, Jae Gyu ^a   Stockton, Gerald W ^a   Sidorov, Vladimir ^a,b   Kakefuda, Genichi ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Imidazolinones; Inhibition; Molecular engineering; Protein homology modeling

Indexed keywords

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; HERBICIDE; LYASE INHIBITOR;

AGRICULTURE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CROP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOBACCO;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0030601845     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0580     Document Type: Article

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