Structural and functional studies of the mitochondrial cysteine desulfurase from arabidopsis thaliana

Molecular Plant

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1001-1010

  Turowski, Valeria R ^a   Busi, Maria V ^a   Gomez Casati, Diego F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; cysteine desulfurase; Fe S biogenesis; frataxin; mitochondria

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SYNECHOCYSTIS SP.;

EID: 84866407276     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sss037     Document Type: Article

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