Impact of reduced O-acetylserine(thiol)lyase isoform contents on potato plant metabolism

Plant Physiology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 892-900

  Riemenschneider, Anja ^a   Riedel, Kerstin ^b   Hoefgen, Rainer ^b   Papenbrock, Jutta ^a   Hesse, Holger ^b  

^a Leibniz Universität Hannover   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; METABOLISM; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; RNA;

MITOCHONDRION; O-ACETYLSERINE (OAS);

ENZYMES;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSTS; ENZYMES; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CYSTEINE; ISOENZYME; LYASE; O ACETYLHOMOSERINE (THIOL) LYASE; O-ACETYLHOMOSERINE (THIOL)-LYASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; POTATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CARBON-OXYGEN LYASES; CYSTEINE; ISOENZYMES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, ANTISENSE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 20444465757     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.104.057125     Document Type: Article

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