Genomic structure and expression analyses of serine acetyltransferase gene in Citrullus vulgaris (watermelon)

Gene

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-63

  Saito, Kazuki ^a   Inoue, Kenji ^a   Fukushima, Rumiko ^a   Noji, Masaaki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

pyrazolealanine; Amino acid metabolism; Cysteine biosynthesis; Sulfur nutrition

Indexed keywords

PYRAZOLE; SERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE LIBRARY; GENE STRUCTURE; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, CYCLIC; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PYRAZOLES; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SULFUR;

EID: 0030896005     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00833-5     Document Type: Article

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