Molecular and functional analysis of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana

New Phytologist

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 448-461

  Liu, Xueying ^a,b   Qian, Weiqiang ^a,b   Liu, Xin ^a   Qin, Huanju ^a   Wang, Daowen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPT); Purine salvage; Transcriptional pattern; Yeast complementation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MONOCOTYLEDON; PROTEIN; SENESCENCE; SOYBEAN; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GERMINATION; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; GLYCINE MAX; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34447544333     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02117.x     Document Type: Article

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