The ACR11 encodes a novel type of chloroplastic ACT domain repeat protein that is coordinately expressed with GLN2 in Arabidopsis

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sung, Tzu Ying ^a   Chung, Tsui Yun ^a   Hsu, Chih Ping ^a   Hsieh, Ming Hsiun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GLN2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHLOROPLAST; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT GENE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 80052035041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-118     Document Type: Article

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