Arabidopsis thaliana nucleosidase mutants provide new insights into nucleoside degradation

New Phytologist

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 349-359

  Riegler, Heike ^a   Geserick, Claudia ^a   Zrenner, Rita ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND ORNAMENTAL CROPS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana mutant; Nucleoside degradation; Nucleotide metabolism; Uridine nucleosidase; Xanthosine nucleosidase

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOSIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INOSINE; ISOPROTEIN; NUCLEOSIDE; PLANT RNA; RIBONUCLEOSIDE; URH1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; URH2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; URIDINE NUCLEOSIDASE; XANTHOSINE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIODEGRADATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH; HERB; HYDROLYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOLUBILIZATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROLYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; SEEDLING;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYDROLYSIS; INOSINE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; NUCLEOSIDES; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOSIDES; RNA, PLANT; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 79959841026     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03711.x     Document Type: Article

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