Disruption of the Two Digalactosyldiacylglycerol Synthase Genes DGD1 and DGD2 in Arabidopsis Reveals the Existence of an Additional Enzyme of Galactolipid Synthesis

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2694-2706

  Kelly, Amélie A ^a   Froehlich, John E ^b   Dörmann, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; LIPIDS; PHOSPHATES;

CHLOROPLASTS; GALACTOLIPID;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0344514816     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.016675     Document Type: Article

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