Phosphatidylglycerol and sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol: Anionic membrane lipids and phosphate regulation

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 270-276

  Frentzen, Margrit ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CDP; cytosine 5 diphosphate; DGDG; digalactosyldiacylglycerol; endoplasmic reticulum; ER; MGDG; monogalactosyldiacylglycerol; PG; PG phosphate synthase1 gene; PGP1; phosphatidylglycerol; photosystem; plant UDP sulfoquinovose synthase gene; PS; SQD1; SQDB

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE LIPID; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; SQD2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SULFOQUINOVOSYL DIGLYCERIDE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GLYCOLIPIDS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROLS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS;

CYANOBACTERIA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 2442443097     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2004.03.001     Document Type: Review

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