Article
Molecular cloning and characterization of a cDNA that encodes protoporphyrinogen oxidase of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Gene - 5 Dec 1996
Narita S, Tanaka R, Ito T, Okada K, Taketani S, Inokuchi H
Abstract excerpt
A cDNA encoding protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPOX), the last enzyme common to the biosynthetic pathways for chlorophylls and hemes, was obtained from a library of Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA constructed in a lambda vector by screening for complementation of a hemG mutant of Escherichia coli. Extract...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Arabidopsis
- Bacteriophage lambda
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Southern
- Cell Division
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Complementary
- Escherichia coli
- Gene Expression
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Genetic Vectors
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Molecular Weight
- Mutation
- Nitrobenzoates
- Oxidoreductases