The second serine acetyltransferase, bacterial-type O-acetylserine (thiol) lyase and eukaryotic-type O-acetylserine (thiol) lyase from the primitive red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae

Journal of Plant Research

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 291-300

  Toda, Kyoko ^a,c   Takano, Hiroyoshi ^b   Nozaki, Hisayoshi ^d   Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CROP SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cyanidioschyzon merolae; Cysteine synthesis; O acetylserine (thiol) lyase; Primitive red alga; Serine acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035619010     PISSN: 09189440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00013990     Document Type: Article

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