Identification of a vinyl reductase gene for chlorophyll synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana and implications for the evolution of prochlorococcus species

Plant Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 233-240

  Nagata, Nozomi ^a   Tanaka, Ryouichi ^a   Satoh, Soichirou ^a   Tanaka, Ayumi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CLONING; GENES; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; MUTAGENESIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CHLOROPHYLL METABOLISM; VINYL REDUCTASE GENES;

ENZYMES;

CHLOROPHYLLS; CLONES; ENZYMES; GENES; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; MUTAGENS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS MARINUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

2,4 DIVINYLPROTOCHLOROPHYLLIDE; 2,4-DIVINYLPROTOCHLOROPHYLLIDE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL; DIVINYL REDUCTASE; ARABIDOPSIS; DRUG DERIVATIVE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTOCHLOROPHYLLIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLOROPHYLL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROTOCHLOROPHYLLIDE; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 20444442993     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.027276     Document Type: Article

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