Mg-chelatase of tobacco: Identification of a Chl D cDNA sequence encoding a third subunit, analysis of the interaction of the three subunits with the yeast two-hybrid system, and reconstitution of the enzyme activity by co-expression of recombinant CHL D, CHL H and CHL I

Plant Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 981-990

  Papenbrock, Jutta ^a   Gräfe, Susanna ^b   Kruse, Elisabeth ^a   Hänel, Frank ^b   Grimm, Bernhard ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNECHOCYSTIS;

EID: 0031279340     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.12050981.x     Document Type: Article

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