Complementation of the Arabidopsis pds1 mutation with the gene encoding p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase.

doi:10.1104/pp.117.4.1317

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Complementation of the Arabidopsis pds1 mutation with the gene encoding p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase.

Plant physiology - 1 Aug 1998

Norris S R, Shen X, DellaPenna D

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Plastoquinone and tocopherols are the two major quinone compounds in higher plant chloroplasts and are synthesized by a common pathway. In previous studies we characterized two loci in Arabidopsis defining key steps of this biosynthetic pathway. Mutation of the PDS1 locus disrupts the activity of...

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4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate Dioxygenase
Amino Acid Sequence
Arabidopsis
Base Sequence
DNA Primers
DNA, Complementary
Genetic Complementation Test
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation

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