The gene complement for proteolysis in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and Arabidopsis thaliana chlorophlasts

Current Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 291-310

  Sokolenko, Anna ^a   Pojidaeva, Elena ^a   Zinchenko, Vladislav ^b   Panichkin, Vladimir ^b   Glaser, Vadim M ^b   Herrmann, Reinhold G ^a   Shestakov, Sergey V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Chloroplasts; Evolution; Petidase complement; Synechocystis

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDASE; POLYPEPTIDE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL VIABILITY; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRESS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCYSTIS; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.; SYNECHOCYSTIS SP. PCC 6803;

EID: 0036935397     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-002-0309-8     Document Type: Review

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