Characterization and expression analysis of a serine acetyltransferase gene family involved in a key step of the sulfur assimilation pathway in arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 220-230

  Kawashima, Cintia Goulart ^a,d   Berkowitz, Oliver ^c,e   Hell, Ruediger ^c,f   Noji, Masaaki ^a   Saito, Kazuki ^a,b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^d NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CADMIUM; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; SULFUR; TISSUE;

CADMIUM STRESS; EXPRESSION PATTERNS; FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; SULFUR ASSIMILATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYMES; FLUORESCENCE; METABOLISM; MUTAGENS; PLANTS; SULFUR; TISSUE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ACYLTRANSFERASE; SERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SULFUR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SERINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SULFUR;

EID: 18744378318     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.045377     Document Type: Article

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