Arabidopsis contains a large superfamily of acyl-activating enzymes. Phylogenetic and biochemical analysis reveals a new class of acyl-coenzyme a synthetases

Plant Physiology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1065-1076

  Shockey, Jay M ^a   Fulda, Martin S ^a,b   Browse, John ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLONING; DNA SEQUENCES; ENZYME KINETICS; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; METABOLISM;

PHYLOGENY;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0038796765     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.020552     Document Type: Article

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