Biosynthesis and accumulation of sterols

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 55, Issue , 2004, Pages 429-457

  Benveniste, Pierre ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; cDNA cloning and expression in yeast; EMS and T DNA insertional mutations; Inhibitors; Sterol metabolism

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ENZYME; PHYTOSTEROL; STEROL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANTS; STEROLS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 3242670779     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.55.031903.141616     Document Type: Review

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