Characterization of the GGPP synthase gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 393-416

  Beck, Gilles ^a   Coman, Diana ^a   Herren, Edgar ^a   Ruiz Sola, M Águila ^b   Rodríguez Concepción, Manuel ^b   Gruissem, Wilhelm ^a   Vranová, Eva ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Branchpoint; Geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase; Isoprenoids; Prenyl diphosphate synthase

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FARNESYL TRANS TRANSFERASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FARNESYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84879127317     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-013-0070-z     Document Type: Article

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