Carnitine palmitoyltransferases in pea leaf chloroplasts: Partial purification, location, and properties

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 328-335

  Masterson, Christine ^a   Wood, Clifford ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carnitine palmitoyltransferase; Chloroplasts; Eukaryotic pathway; Fatty acid metabolism; Membrane transport; Pisum sativum

Indexed keywords

ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LINOLENOYL COENZYME A; MALONYL COENZYME A; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEA; PLANT LEAF; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SDS POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOLUBILIZATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EUKARYOTA; PISUM SATIVUM; SATIVUM;

EID: 0034129570     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b00-008     Document Type: Article

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