The plant energy-dissipating mitochondrial systems: Depicting the genomic structure and the expression profiles of the gene families of uncoupling protein and alternative oxidase in monocots and dicots

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 849-864

  Borecký, Jiří ^a   Nogueira, Fábio T S ^a   De Oliveira, Kívia A P ^a   Maia, Ivan G ^a,b   Vercesi, Aníbal E ^a   Arruda, Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alternative oxidase; Expression profile; Oxidative stress; Uncoupling proteins

Indexed keywords

GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; SUGAR CANE; TISSUE;

ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE; DICOTS; EXPRESSION PROFILE; MONOCOTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; UNCOUPLING PROTEINS;

ENERGY DISSIPATION;

ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUGARCANE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLD; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, PLANT; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHARUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

ENERGY; GENOTYPES; MITOCHONDRIA; PLANT TISSUES; PLANTS; PROTEINS; SUGAR CANE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; LILIOPSIDA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SACCHARUM SP.;

EID: 33644897887     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erj070     Document Type: Article

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