β-Cyanoalanine synthase is a mitochondrial cysteine synthase-like protein in spinach and Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1163-1171

  Hatzfeld, Yves ^a   Maruyama, Akiko ^a,b   Schmidt, Ahlert ^c   Noji, Masaaki ^a   Ishizawa, Kimiharu ^b   Saito, Kazuki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Leibniz Universität Hannover   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CYANOALANINE SYNTHASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYANIDE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE LIKE PROTEIN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOFORM; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; MITOCHONDRION; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

ARABIDOPSIS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0033927405     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.123.3.1163     Document Type: Article

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