Tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in higher plants

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2007, Pages 321-346

  Tanaka, Ryouichi ^a   Tanaka, Ayumi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Heme; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HEME; SIROHEME; TETRAPYRROLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

APOPROTEINS; APOPTOSIS; CHLOROPHYLL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEME; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRAPYRROLES;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 34250807129     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.57.032905.105448     Document Type: Review

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