Regulation and evolution of chlorophyll metabolism

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1131-1149

  Masuda, Tatsuru ^a   Fujita, Yuichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BACTERIOCHLORIN; CHLOROPHYLL; GLUTAMATE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID TRANSFER RNA; NITRITE REDUCTASE; PROTOPORPHYRIN; SULFITE REDUCTASE; TETRAPYRROLE DERIVATIVE; UROPORPHYRINOGEN;

CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT; CHLOROPHYLL METABOLISM; CHLOROPLAST; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECARBOXYLATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 53749102865     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b807210h     Document Type: Conference Paper

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