Cloning and expression of an Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA encoding a monofunctional aspartate kinase homologous to the lysine-sensitive enzyme of Escherichia coli

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 287-294

  Tang, Guiliang ^a   Zhu Shimoni, Judith X ^a   Amir, Rachel ^a   Zchori, Inbal Ben Tzvi ^a   Galili, Gad ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aspartate kinase; cDNA; Essential amino acids; Lysine; Threonine

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE KINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ISOENZYME; LYSINE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ASPARTATE KINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; ISOENZYMES; LYSINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031149180     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005849228945     Document Type: Article

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