Trehalose-6-phosphate phosphatases from Arabidopsis thaliana: Identification by functional complementation of the yeast tps2 mutant

Plant Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 673-683

  Vogel, Guido ^a   Aeschbacher, Roger A ^a   Müller, Joachim ^a   Boller, Thomas ^a   Wiemken, Andres ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PHOSPHATASE; PLANT DNA; PRIMER DNA; TREHALOSE-PHOSPHATASE; TREHALOSEPHOSPHATASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032033313     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00064.x     Document Type: Article

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