Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase encoded by the newly isolated gene GGPS6 from Arabidopsis thaliana is localized in mitochondria

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-341

  Zhu, XuFen ^a   Suzuki, Kengo ^a   Saito, Takeshi ^a   Okada, Kazunori ^a   Tanaka, Katsunori ^a   Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi ^a   Matsuda, Hideyuki ^a   Kawamukai, Makoto ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Carotenoid; CrtE; Gene cloning; GGPP synthase; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE; PLANT DNA; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PLANT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FARNESYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PANTOEA ANANATIS;

EID: 0031259972     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005898805326     Document Type: Article

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