The Arabidopsis thaliana CUTA gene encodes an evolutionarily conserved copper binding chloroplast protein

Plant Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 856-867

  Burkhead, Jason L ^a   Abdel Ghany, Salah E ^a   Morrill, Jonathan M ^a   Pilon Smits, Elizabeth A H ^a   Pilon, Marinus ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Chloroplast; Copper; Envelope; Splicing; Targeting sequence

Indexed keywords

GENES; PROTEINS; RNA; TISSUE;

GENE ENCODES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; COPPER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; PISUM SATIVUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0038079835     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01769.x     Document Type: Article

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