Publication Date:
1999-06-26
Description:
The photosynthetic apparatus in plant cells is associated with membranes of the thylakoids within the chloroplast and is embedded into a highly specialized lipid matrix. Diacylglycerol galactolipids are common in thylakoid membranes but are excluded from all others. Isolation of the gene DGD1, encoding a galactosyltransferase-like protein, now provides insights into assembly of the thylakoid lipid matrix and subcellular lipid trafficking in Arabidopsis thaliana.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Dormann, P -- Balbo, I -- Benning, C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1999 Jun 25;284(5423):2181-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10381884" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Arabidopsis/genetics/growth & development/*metabolism
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*Arabidopsis Proteins
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Base Sequence
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Chloroplasts/metabolism
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Chromosome Mapping
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DNA, Complementary/genetics
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Endoplasmic Reticulum/metabolism
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Exons
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Galactolipids
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Galactosyltransferases/chemistry/*genetics/*metabolism
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Genes, Plant
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Glycolipids/*biosynthesis
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Intracellular Membranes/metabolism
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*Lipid Metabolism
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Mutation
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Plants, Genetically Modified
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Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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