Modification of thiol contents in poplars (Populus tremula x P. alba) overexpressing enzymes involved in glutathione synthesis

Planta

Volumn 203, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 362-372

  Arisi, Ana Carolina M ^a   Noctor, Graham ^a   Foyer, Christine H ^b   Jouanin, Lise ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glutamylcysteine synthetase; Glutathione synthesis; Glutathione synthetase; Populus (glutathione synthesis); Transgenic poplar

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TREE;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUTAMATE-CYSTEINE LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE SYNTHASE; KINETICS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TREES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POPULUS; POPULUS ALBA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 0030722299     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050202     Document Type: Article

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