The chloroplast NifS-like protein of Arabidopsis thaliana is required for iron-sulfur cluster formation in ferredoxin

Planta

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 602-608

  Ye, Hong ^a   Garifullina, Gulnara F ^a   Abdel Ghany, Salah E ^a   Zhang, Lihong ^a   Pilon Smits, Elizabeth A H ^a   Pilon, Marinus ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Chloroplast; Ferredoxin; Iron sulfur cluster; NifS like protein

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; FILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEINS; PURIFICATION;

BIOCHEMICAL MACHINERY; CLUSTER FORMATION; MULTI-PROTEIN COMPLEX; RECONSTITUTION ASSAY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; AT1G08490 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FERREDOXIN; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; FERREDOXINS; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; KINETICS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; CHLOROPHYLLS; FILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANTS; PLASTIDS; PROTEINS; PURIFICATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 14644405007     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-004-1388-1     Document Type: Article

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