Functional characterization of a higher plant sphingolipid Δ4-desaturase: Defining the role of sphingosine and sphingosine-1- phosphate in arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 487-498

  Michaelson, Louise V ^a   Zäuner, Simone ^b   Markham, Jonathan E ^c   Haslam, Richard P ^a   Desikan, Radhika ^d   Mugford, Sarah ^a,e   Albrecht, Sandra ^b,f   Warnecke, Dirk ^b   Sperling, Petra ^b   Heinz, E ^b   Napier, Johnathan A ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PICHIA PASTORIS;

EID: 58449095434     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.129411     Document Type: Article

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