Air synthetase in cowpea nodules: A single gene product targeted to two organelles?

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 811-820

  Smith, Penelope M C ^a   Mann, Anthea J ^a   Goggin, Danica E ^a   Atkins, Craig A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gene expression; N assimilation; Nodules; Phosphoribosyl aminoimidazole synthetase; Purine biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

CELL ORGANELLE; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; COWPEA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE PRODUCT; MITOCHONDRION; PHOSPHORIBOSYL AMINOIMIDAZOLE SYNTHETASE; PLASTID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-NITROGEN LIGASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANELLES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PLASTIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0032055825     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005969830314     Document Type: Article

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