Three Arabidopsis genes encoding proteins with differential activities for cysteine synthase and β-cyanoalanine synthase

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 465-476

  Yamaguchi, Yube ^a   Nakamura, Tatsuo ^a   Kusano, Tomonobu ^a   Sano, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cysteine synthase; Pyridoxal 5' phosphate; cyanoalanine synthase

Indexed keywords

BETA CYANOALANINE SYNTHASE; CLONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRION; PLANT GENOME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034074441     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/41.4.465     Document Type: Article

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