A conserved mechanism for nitrile metabolism in bacteria and plants

Plant Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-253

  Howden, Andrew J M ^a   Jill Harrison, C ^a   Preston, Gail M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cyano L alanine; Cyanide; NIT4; Nitrilase; Pseudomonas fluorescens

Indexed keywords

3 CYANOALANINE; 3-CYANOALANINE; ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROLASE; NITRILASE; NITRILE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALANINE; AMINOHYDROLASES; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; NITRILES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; FUNGI; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 58349084876     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03682.x     Document Type: Article

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