Arabidopsis thaliana contains a single gene encoding squalene synthase

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 25-36

  Busquets, Antoni ^a   Keim, Verónica ^a   Closa, Marta ^a   Del Arco, Ana ^a   Boronat, Albert ^a   Arró, Montserrat ^a   Ferrer, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erg9; Isoprenoid; Mevalonate; Plant; Squalene; Sterol

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SQUALENE SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ONION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FARNESYL-DIPHOSPHATE FARNESYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONIONS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALLIUM CEPA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 42149084450     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-008-9299-3     Document Type: Article

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