Two long-chain acyl-CoA synthetases from Arabidopsis thaliana involved in peroxisomal fatty acid β-oxidation

Plant Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 93-103

  Fulda, Martin ^a,b   Shockey, Jay ^b   Werber, Martin ^a,c   Wolter, Frank P ^a,d   Heinz, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Gesellschaft für Erwerb und Verwertung von Schutzrechten ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

oxidation; Acyl CoA synthetase; Arabidopsis; Peroxisomal targeting

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACIDS; GENES; LIPIDS; OXIDATION; SEED;

POST GERMINATIVE GROWTH;

ENZYMES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; COENZYME A LIGASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATTY ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEROXISOMES; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0036794689     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2002.01405.x     Document Type: Article

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