MES16, a member of the methylesterase protein family, specifically demethylates fluorescent chlorophyll catabolites during chlorophyll breakdown in Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 628-641

  Christ, Bastien ^a   Schelbert, Silvia ^a   Aubry, Sylvain ^a,c   Süssenbacher, Iris ^b   Müller, Thomas ^b   Kräutler, Bernhard ^b   Hörtensteiner, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 84856578419     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.188870     Document Type: Article

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