Long bugs to short plants - The Lon protease in protein stability and thermotolerance

New Phytologist

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 505-508

  Taylor, Nicolas L ^a   Millar, A Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Lon protease; Plant mitochondria; Protein stability; Thermotolerance

Indexed keywords

ENDOPEPTIDASE LA;

ADAPTATION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; NOTE; PLANT; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MITOCHONDRIA; PLANTS; PROTEASE LA; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 58249111579     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02731.x     Document Type: Note

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