Isolation, characterization and cDNA cloning of nicotianamine synthase from barley: A key enzyme for iron homeostasis in plants

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 231-239

  Herbik, A ^a,b   Koch, G ^a   Mock, H P ^a   Dushkov, D ^a   Czihal, A ^a   Thielmann, J ^a   Stephan, U W ^a   Baumlein H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisense constructs; Chloronerva mutation; Gene isolation; Hordeum vulgare; Iron metabolism

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANAMINE SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BARLEY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOMEOSTASIS; IRON METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOMEOSTASIS; HORDEUM; IRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO;

ASPIDISTRA ELATIOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0033214135     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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