Cysteine biosynthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Molecular cloning and regulation of O-acetylserine(thiol)lyase

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 264, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 848-853

  Ravina, Cristina G ^a   Barroso, Consuelo ^a   Vega, José M ^a   Gotor, Cecilia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b Universidad de Sevilla CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cysteine biosynthesis; Gene expression; PCR; Sulfur starvation

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; SULFUR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFUR;

CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EMBRYOPHYTA; PROKARYOTA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0033568397     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00676.x     Document Type: Article

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