Brassica napus cDNAs encoding fatty acyl-CoA synthetase

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 911-922

  Fulda, Martin ^a   Heinz, Ernst ^a   Wolter, Frank P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

acyl CoA ligase (AMP forming); AMP binding protein; enzymatic activity; fatty acid; northern blot; sequence comparison

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FAA2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; ISOENZYME; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; LONG-CHAIN-FATTY-ACID-COA LIGASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRASSICA; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; COENZYME A LIGASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031106321     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005780529307     Document Type: Article

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