Functional characterization of a methionine γ-lyase in arabidopsis and its implication in an alternative to the reverse trans-sulfuration pathway

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 232-242

  Goyer, Aymeric ^a,c   Collakova, Eva ^b   Shachar Hill, Yair ^b   Hanson, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cysteine; Methionine

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; L-METHIONINE GAMMA-LYASE; LYASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; NITROGEN; PRIMER DNA; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFUR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33847223477     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcl055     Document Type: Article

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