Isolation of Nicotiana plumbaginifolia cDNAs encoding isoforms of serine acetyltransferase and O-acetylserine (thiol) lyase in a yeast two-hybrid system with Escherichia coli cysE and cysK genes as baits

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-128

  Liszewska, Frantz ^a   Gaganidze, Dali ^b   Sirko, Agnieszka ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^b Scientific Research Center of Agriculture Biotechnology   (Georgia)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Cysteine biosynthesis; Genome walking; Tobacco; Yeast two hybrid system

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA PLUMBAGINIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 23644452965     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2005_3496     Document Type: Article

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