Expression and biochemical properties of a ferredoxin-dependent heme oxygenase required for phytochrome chromophore synthesis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1958-1966

  Muramoto, Takuya ^a,c   Tsurui, Noriyuki ^a   Terry, Matthew J ^b   Yokota, Akiho ^a   Kohchi, Takayuki ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; IRRADIATION;

PLANT PHOTORECEPTORS; SUBCELLULAR LOCALIZATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036914929     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.008128     Document Type: Article

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