Identification of the gene encoding the tryptophan synthase β-subunit from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Plant Physiology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 455-464

  Palombella, Anthony L ^a,b   Dutcher, Susan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 FLUOROINDOLE; 5-FLUOROINDOLE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DOMINANT GENE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; RECESSIVE GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC MARKERS; INDOLES; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE;

EID: 0032091887     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.117.2.455     Document Type: Article

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