Functional characterization of the three genes encoding 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase in maize

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2023-2038

  Cordoba, Elizabeth ^a   Porta, Helena ^a   Arroyo, Analilia ^a,c   San Román, Carolina ^a   Medina, Luis ^a   Rodríguez Concepción, Manuel ^b   León, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c Instituto Polité Cnico Nacional   (Mexico)

Author keywords

1 Deoxy D xylulose 5 phosphate synthase (DXS); 2 C methyl D erythritol 4 phosphate (MEP) pathway; isoprenoid biosynthesis; maize; post transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

DEOXYXYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; DEOXYXYLULOSE-5-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; PLASTID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLASTIDS; TRANSFERASES; ZEA MAYS;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79952836026     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq393     Document Type: Article

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