Sulfur assimilation in soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.): Molecular cloning and characterization of a cytosolic isoform of serine acetyltransferase

Planta

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 417-426

  Chronis, Demosthenis ^a   Krishnan, Hari B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycine; Serine acetyltransferase; Sulfur assimilation

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES; SULFUR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACYLTRANSFERASE; GLOBULIN; GLYCININ; ISOENZYME; PRIMER DNA; SERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; SULFUR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOSOL; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOYBEAN;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSOL; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLOBULINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; SOYBEANS; SULFUR;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0742267793     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-003-1123-3     Document Type: Article

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