Cloning of cDNAs encoding isopropylmalate dehydrogenase from Arabidopsis thaliana and accumulation patterns of their transcripts

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 806-810

  Nozawa, Akira ^a,b   Takano, Junpei ^b   Miwa, Kyoko ^b   Nakagawa, Yuko ^a,b   Fujiwara, Toru ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Functional complementation; Isopropylmalate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.85); Leucine biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; DNA; ENZYMES; GENES; POLYPEPTIDES; TISSUE;

CDNA; GENE ENCODING; ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDROGENASE (IPMDH); LEUCINE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

3 ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

3-ISOPROPYLMALATE DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 20444419426     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.806     Document Type: Article

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