Functional and evolutionary analysis of DXL1, a non-essential gene encoding a 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase like protein in arabidopsis thaliana

Gene

Volumn 524, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-53

  Carretero Paulet, Lorenzo ^a,b,c   Cairó, Albert ^a   Talavera, David ^a,d   Saura, Andreu ^a   Imperial, Santiago ^a   Rodríguez Concepción, Manuel ^b   Campos, Narciso ^a,b   Boronat, Albert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; DXS; Functional specialization; Gene duplication; Molecular evolution; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

1 DEOXY DEXTRO XYLULOSE 5 PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE 2; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENTOSEPHOSPHATES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; TRANSFERASES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84878108512     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: 18790038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.10.071     Document Type: Article

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