The sac mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii reveal transcriptional and posttranscriptional control of cysteine biosynthesis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 2076-2084

  Ravina, Cristina G ^a   Chang, Chwenn In ^b   Tsakraklides, George P ^b   McDermott, Jeffery P ^c   Vega, Jose M ^a   Leustek, Thomas ^b   Gotor, Cecilia ^a   Davies, John P ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EXELIXIS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

MUTATION; VASCULAR PLANTS;

ALGAE;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0346668130     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.012484     Document Type: Article

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