Molecular cloning and expression analyses of mitochondrial and plastidic isoforms of cysteine synthase (O-acetylserine(thiol)lyase) from Arabidopsis thaliana

Amino Acids

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-131

  Hesse, H ^a,c   Lipke, J ^b   Altmann, T ^b   Hofgen R ^b  

^a Institut fur Genbiologische Forschung Berlin GmbH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Chloroplasts; Cysteine synthase; Mitochondria; Processing; Targeting; Transgenic plants; Transit peptide

Indexed keywords

CELL ENZYME; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOENZYME; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; SULFIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIGHT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032915394     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01321531     Document Type: Article

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