Functional characterization of an unusual phytochelatin synthase, LjPCS3, of Lotus japonicus

Plant Physiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 536-545

  Ramos, Javier ^a   Naya, Loreto ^a   Gay, Marina ^b   Abián, Joaquín ^b   Becana, Manuel ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE GAMMA-GLUTAMYLCYSTEINYLTRANSFERASE; HEAVY METAL; PHYTOCHELATIN; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; LOTUS; METABOLISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; LOTUS; METALS, HEAVY; PHYTOCHELATINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 55549088229     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.121715     Document Type: Article

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