Δ7-sterol-C5-desaturase: Molecular characterization and functional expression of wild-type and mutant alleles

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 891-906

  Husselstein, Tania ^c   Schaller, Hubert ^c   Gachotte, Daniel ^a   Benveniste, Pierre ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

7 sterol C5(6) desaturase; Arabidopsis; Complementation; Deficient mutant; Sterol

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DELTA7 STEROL 5 DESATURASE; DNA ISOLATION; ERGOSTEROL; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; OPEN READING FRAME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERINE; THREONINE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; HOMO SAPIENS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LATHOSTEROL DELTA 5 DEHYDROGENASE; LATHOSTEROL DELTA-5-DEHYDROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PLANT DNA; STEROL DELTA 5 DESATURASE; STEROL DELTA-5 DESATURASE;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TOBACCO;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; PLANTS, TOXIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO;

EID: 0032589275     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006113919172     Document Type: Article

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