Isolation and characterization of homogentisate phytyltransferase genes from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 321-332

  Savidge, Beth ^a   Weiss, James D ^a   Wong, Yun Hua H ^a   Lassner, Michael W ^a   Mitsky, Timothy A ^a   Shewmaker, Christine K ^a   Post Beittenmiller, Dusty ^a   Valentin, Henry E ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CONDENSATION; CROPS; HEALTH; NUTRITION; PROTEINS;

MICRONUTRIENTS;

GENES;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; INSECTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA TOCOPHEROL; CHLOROPHYLL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; HPT1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TOCOPHEROL; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT SEED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTISENSE ELEMENTS (GENETICS); ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACULOVIRIDAE; BETA-TOCOPHEROL; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYANOBACTERIA; GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIGHT-HARVESTING PROTEIN COMPLEXES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTER COMPLEX PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOCOPHEROLS;

EID: 0036000055     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.010747     Document Type: Article

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