Galactinol synthase across evolutionary diverse taxa: Functional preference for higher plants?

FEBS Letters

Volumn 586, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1488-1496

  Sengupta, Sonali ^a   Mukherjee, Sritama ^a   Parween, Sabiha ^a   Majumder, Arun Lahiri ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Galactinol synthase; GT8 family glycosyltransferase; myo Inositol; RFOs

Indexed keywords

GALACTINOL; GALACTINOL SYNTHASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; RAFFINOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FUNGUS; GALACTINOL SYNTHASE GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT GENE; PLANT RESPONSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAXON; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI;

EID: 84861196161     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: 18733468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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