Molecular cloning, functional expression and characterisation of RCC reductase involved in chlorophyll catabolism

Plant Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 189-198

  Wüthrich, Karin L ^a   Bovet, Lucien ^b   Hunziker, Peter E ^a   Donnison, Iain S ^c   Hörtensteiner, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CATABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CHLOROPHYLL; CLONED GENE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; MARCHANTIA POLYMORPHA; MOLECULAR CLONING; ORGANOGENESIS; PHEOPHORBIDE A OXYGENASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RED CHLOROPHYLL CATABOLITE REDUCTASE; ROOTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORDEUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; MARCHANTIA POLYMORPHA;

EID: 0037650660     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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