Posttranscriptional regulation by the upstream open reading frame of the phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase gene

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2330-2334

  Tabuchi, Tomoki ^a,b   Okada, Tomoyuki ^a   Azuma, Tetsushi ^a   Nanmori, Takashi ^a   Yasuda, Takeshi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choline; Phosphoethanolamine N methyltransferase; Posttranscriptional regulation; Upstream open reading frame

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; POST TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; UPSTREAM OPEN READING FRAME;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); RNA;

ENZYME KINETICS;

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; CHOLINE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PLANT DNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY; POINT MUTATION;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CHOLINE; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT CHIMERIC PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; POINT MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 33749037973     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60309     Document Type: Article

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