The single cellular green microalga Botryococcus braunii, race B possesses three distinct 1-deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate synthases

Plant Science

Volumn 185-186, Issue , 2012, Pages 309-320

  Matsushima, Daisuke ^a   Jenke Kodama, Holger ^a,b,c   Sato, Yohei ^a   Fukunaga, Yusuke ^a,c   Sumimoto, Koremitsu ^a   Kuzuyama, Tomohisa ^a   Matsunaga, Shigeki ^a,c   Okada, Shigeru ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 Deoxy d xylulose 5 phosphate synthase; Botryococcus braunii; Isoprenoid; Methylerythritol 4 phosphate pathway; Microalgae

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEOXYXYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; DEOXYXYLULOSE-5-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; ISOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TERPENE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROALGA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLOROPHYTA; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; KINETICS; MICROALGAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE; TERPENES; TRANSFERASES;

BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84856640540     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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