Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase in plants

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Lipids and Lipid Metabolism

Volumn 1348, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 10-16

  Murata, Norio ^a   Tasaka, Yasushi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Research Institute for Biological Science OKAYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glycerol 3 phosphate acyltransferase; L Acylglycerol 3 phosphate acyltransferase; Phosphatidylglycerol; Tolerance to low temperature

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE ACYLTRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MEMBRANE BINDING; MITOCHONDRION; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GLYCEROL-3-PHOSPHATE O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031552940     PISSN: 00052760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2760(97)00115-X     Document Type: Review

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