Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) contains multiple expressed genes encoding light-dependent NADPH:protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (POR)

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 795-806

  Skinner, Jeffrey S ^a,b   Timko, Michael P ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Loblolly pine; Molecular evolution; Pinus strobus; Pinus taeda; Protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (EC 1.6.99.1)

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLLIDE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE PROBE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GENOME; PROTOCHLOROPHYLLIDE REDUCTASE; PSEUDOGENE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PINUS STROBUS; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0032143143     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029437     Document Type: Article

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