Cloning and sequencing of cDNAs specifying a novel class of phosphoribosyl diphosphate synthase in Arabidopsis thaliana

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1430, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 403-408

  Krath, Britta N ^a   Eriksen, Tine A ^a   Poulsen, Tim S ^a   Hove Jensen, Bjarne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

5 Phospho D ribosyl 1 diphosphate; cDNA cloning; Nucleotide metabolism

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0033058062     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(99)00022-9     Document Type: Article

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