Synthesis of a novel class of polyhydroxyalkanoates in Arabidopsis peroxisomes, and their use in monitoring short-chain-length intermediates of β-oxidation

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 555-562

  Arai, Yuko ^a,b   Nakashita, Hideo ^a   Suzuki, Yoshikatu ^a   Kobayashi, Yumiko ^a   Shimizu, Toshiyuki ^a   Yasuda, Michiko ^a,b   Doi, Yoshiharu ^a   Yamaguchi, Isamu ^a,b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Peroxisome; Short chain length poly (R) 3 hydroxyalkanoates ; Transgenic plant; oxidation

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS CAVIAE; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AGROBACTERIUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; FATTY ACID; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRATE CO 3 HYDROXYVALERATE CO 3 HYDROXYHEXANOATE); POLY(3-HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID) SYNTHASE; POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE-CO-3-HYDROXYVALERATE-CO-3-HYDROXYHEXANOATE); POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE; POLYMER; POLYSORBATE;

AEROMONAS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PEROXISOME; PLANT SEED; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AEROMONAS; ARABIDOPSIS; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEROXISOMES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYMERS; POLYSORBATES; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SEEDS;

EID: 0036016861     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcf068     Document Type: Article

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