Degradation pathway(s) of chlorophyll: What has gene cloning revealed?

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 426-431

  Takamiya, Ken Ichiro ^a   Tsuchiya, Tohru ^a   Ohta, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPHYLLASE; CLONING; ISOENZYME; MAGNESIUM; PHYTOL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033775653     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(00)01735-0     Document Type: Review

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