Cloning and functional expression of ATCOQ3, the Arabidopsis homologue of the yeast COQ3 gene, encoding a methyltransferase from plant mitochondria involved in ubiquinone biosynthesis

Plant Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-213

  Avelange Macherel, Marie Hélène ^a   Joyard, Jacques ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Vegetale Grenoble   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONED GENE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; UBIQUINONE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA; PISUM SATIVUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032052131     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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