Cloning, biochemical and phylogenetic characterizations of γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 557-562

  Ashida, Hiroyuki ^a   Sawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Shibata, Hitoshi ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glutamylcysteine synthetase; Anabaena; Cyanobacteria; Glutathione; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANABAENA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANABAENA; ANABAENA SP.; CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 18444416836     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci056     Document Type: Article

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