Genome-wide analysis of a land plant-specific acyl:coenzymeA synthetase (ACS) gene family in Arabidopsis, poplar, rice and Physcomitrella

New Phytologist

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 987-1003

  De Azevedo Souza, Clarice ^a   Barbazuk, Brad ^b   Ralph, Steven G ^c   Bohlmann, Joerg ^c   Hamberger, Bjoern ^a   Douglas, Carl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

4 coumarate:CoA ligase; 4CL like; Acyl activating enzyme (AAE); Acyl CoA synthetase; Adenylate forming enzyme; Genome sequences; Jasmonic acid; Land plant evolution

Indexed keywords

LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HERB; METABOLISM; MOSS; PHYLOGENY; RICE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ASPEN; BIOLOGY; BRYOPSIDA; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEROXISOME; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; RICE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRYOPSIDA; CHLOROPLASTS; COENZYME A LIGASES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME, PLANT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ORYZA SATIVA; PEROXISOMES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHLAMYDOMONAS; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; POPULUS;

EID: 49249115201     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02534.x     Document Type: Article

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