Green light for galactolipid trafficking

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 262-269

  Kelly, Amélie A ^a   Dörmann, Peter ^a  

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

Author keywords

dgd1; DGDG; DGDG synthase1 mutant; digalactosyldiacylglycerol; endoplasmic reticulum; ER; galactolipid:galactolipid galactosyltransferase; GGGT; MAM; mdg1; MGDG; MGDG synthase1 mutant; mitochondria associated microsome; monogalactosyldiacylglycerol; PAM

Indexed keywords

1,2 DIACYLGLYCEROL 3 BETA GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; 1,2-DIACYLGLYCEROL 3-BETA-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DGD1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GALACTOLIPID; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENETICS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTID; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHLOROPLASTS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GALACTOLIPIDS; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTIDS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 2442455673     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2004.03.009     Document Type: Review

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