Calcium/calmodulin activation of two divergent glutamate decarboxylases from tobacco

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 389, 2003, Pages 2001-2002

  Yevtushenko, Dmytro P ^a   McLean, Michael D ^a   Peiris, Sriyani ^a   Van Cauwenberghe, Owen R ^a   Shelp, Barry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

aminobutyrate; cDNA sequences; Glutamate decarboxylase; Recombinant protein; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACIDS; CALCIUM; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; POLYPEPTIDES; TOBACCO;

DECARBOXYLATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENES, PLANT; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TOBACCO;

BOVINAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0043206193     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg210     Document Type: Article

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