Molecular cloning and characterisation of asparagine synthetase from Lotus japonicus: Dynamics of asparagine synthesis in N-sufficient conditions

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 883-897

  Waterhouse, Rosemary N ^a   Smyth, Audraj ^b   Massonneau, Agnès ^a   Presser, Lan M ^b   Clarkson, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Environment and Fisheries Department Pentland House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asparagine synthetase cdnas; Diurnal rhythms; Gc mass spectrometry; Lotus japonicus; Stable isotope ratio analysis (sira); Tissue specific gene expression

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTATE AMMONIA LIGASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0030099508     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020801     Document Type: Article

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