Ubiquitous and endoplasmic reticulum-located lysophosphatidyl acyltransferase, LPAT2, is essential for female but not male gametophyte development in arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1073-1089

  Kim, Hyun Uk ^a,b   Li, Yubing ^a   Huang, Anthony H C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; DNA; ORGANIC ACIDS; SEED; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; REMNANTS;

ENZYMES;

ENZYMES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; SEEDS; SYNTHESIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 23044477677     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.104.030403     Document Type: Article

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