Interaction of N-acetylglutamate kinase with a PII-like protein in rice

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1768-1778

  Sugiyama, Kenjiro ^a   Hayakawa, Toshihiko ^a   Kudo, Toru ^a   Ito, Takashi ^a   Yamaya, Tomoyuki ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

N acetylglutamate kinase; PII like protein; Rice; Yeast two hybrid analysis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 12444315146     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pch199     Document Type: Article

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