An Arabidopsis gene encoding a chloroplast-targeted β-amylase

Plant Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 519-527

  Lao, Nga T ^a   Schoneveld, Onard ^a   Mould, Ruth M ^b   Hibberd, Julian M ^b   Gray, John C ^b   Kavanagh, Tony A ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BETA AMYLASE; CHLOROPLAST; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PLANT GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BETA-AMYLASE; CHLOROPLASTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, PLANT; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0033389259     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00625.x     Document Type: Article

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