Sulfate assimilation in basal land plants - What does genomic sequencing tell us?

Plant Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 556-564

  Kopriva, S ^a   Wiedemann, G ^b   Reski, R ^b  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cysteine synthesis; Genomics; Physcomitrella patens; Selaginella moellendorffi; Sulfate assimilation

Indexed keywords

SULFATE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANGIOSPERM; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; GENOMICS; MOSS; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SULFATE;

DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; REVIEW;

GENOME, PLANT; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SULFATES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS; SELAGINELLA; SELAGINELLA MOELLENDORFFII; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 34848890897     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965430     Document Type: Review

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