The AtNFS2 gene from Arabidopsis thaliana encodes a Nifs-like plastidial cysteine desulphurase

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 366, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 557-564

  Léon, Sébastien ^a   Touraine, Brigitte ^a   Briat, Jean François ^a   Lobréaux, Stéphane ^a  

^a INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Desulfurase; Iron sulphur cluster; Plastid; Thale cress; Thiamin

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEINS; SULFUR; TISSUE;

PLASTIDS;

GENES;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; GENE PRODUCT; HYBRID PROTEIN; IRON; PROTEIN; PROTEIN NIFS; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ATNFS2 GENE; CHIMERA; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLASTIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; ORA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0036714247     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20020322     Document Type: Article

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