Molecular cloning and expression of a cDNA sequence encoding histidinol phosphate aminotransferase from Nicotiana tabacura

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1013-1022

  El Malki, Fatima ^a   Frankard, Valérie ^a   Jacobs, Michel ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cDNA sequence; Functional complementation; Histidinol phosphate aminotransferase (EC 2.6.19); Nicotiana tabacum

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHLOROPLAST; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HAPLOIDY; HISTIDINOL PHOSPHATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HISTIDINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, TOXIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 0032146882     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006007125448     Document Type: Article

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