Structure and properties of an engineered transketolase from maize

Plant Physiology

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1941-1949

  Gerhardt, Stefan ^a,e   Echt, Stefanie ^a   Busch, Marco ^b,f   Freigang, Jörg ^b   Auerbach, Günter ^b,g   Bader, Gerd ^c   Martin, William F ^d,h   Bacher, Adelbert ^a   Huber, Robert ^c   Fischer, Markus ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^f Bayer sa nv Belgium   (Belgium)

^g Antisense Pharma GmbH   (Germany)

^h HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; CROPS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA; ENZYME KINETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEINS; YEAST;

BLOTTING ANALYSIS;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0042967333     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.020982     Document Type: Article

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