The tomato photomorphogenetic mutant, aurea, is deficient in phytochromobilin synthase for phytochrome chromophore biosynthesis

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 661-665

  Muramoto, Takuya ^a   Kami, Chitose ^b   Kataoka, Hideo ^a   Iwata, Naoko ^b   Linley, Philip J ^a   Mukougawa, Keiko ^a,b   Yokota, Akiho ^b   Kohchi, Takayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aurea; Photomorphogenesis; Phytochrome; Phytochromobilin

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROMOBILIN SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOMATO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOCHROME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 18444418296     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci062     Document Type: Article

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