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Pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthase and proline biosynthesis: From osmotolerance to rare metabolic disease

  1. Isabel Pérez-Arellano1,2,
  2. Francisco Carmona-Álvarez1,
  3. Ana I. Martínez1,
  4. Jesús Rodríguez-Díaz1,
  5. Javier Cervera1,2,*

Article first published online: 20 JAN 2010

DOI: 10.1002/pro.340

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Protein Science

Protein Science

Volume 19, Issue 3, pages 372–382, March 2010

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Pérez-Arellano, I., Carmona-Álvarez, F., Martínez, A. I., Rodríguez-Díaz, J. and Cervera, J. (2010), Pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthase and proline biosynthesis: From osmotolerance to rare metabolic disease. Protein Science, 19: 372–382. doi: 10.1002/pro.340

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  1. 1

    Molecular Recognition Laboratory. Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Valencia, Spain

  2. 2

    Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER-ISCIII), Valencia, Spain

*Avda. El Saler, 16. 46012 Valencia, Spain

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  1. Issue published online: 22 FEB 2010
  2. Article first published online: 20 JAN 2010
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 20 JAN 2010 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 5 JAN 2010
  5. Manuscript Revised: 4 JAN 2010
  6. Manuscript Received: 6 NOV 2009

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  • CIPF, CIBERER, MEC (Spanish Ministry of Education and Science). Grant Number: BFU2007-66781
  • Generalitat Valenciana. Grant Number: ACOMP09/051

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