Cloning and functional expression of the small subunit of acetolactate synthase from Nicotiana plumbaginifolia

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 795-806

  Hershey, Howard P ^a   Schwartz, Linda J ^a   Gale, Jennifer P ^a   Abell, Lynn M ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetohydroxy acid synthase; Acetolactate synthase; Arabidopsis thaliana; Branched chain amino acids; Herbicide; Nicotiana plumbaginifolia; Small subunit

Indexed keywords

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; CLONING; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOENZYME; METABOLIC REGULATION; PLANT PRODUCT;

ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VECTORS; ISOENZYMES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANTS, TOXIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA PLUMBAGINIFOLIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033167288     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006273224977     Document Type: Article

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