Expression of glyoxylate cycle genes in cucumber roots responds to sugar supply and can be activated by shading or defoliation of the shoot

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 633-640

  Ismail, Ismanizan ^a   De Bellis, Luigi ^a,b   Alpi, Amedeo ^b   Smith, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium rhizogenes; Carbohydrate regulation; Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.); Gene expression; Glyoxylate cycle; Hairy roots

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; GLYOXYLIC ACID; GLYOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYBRID PROTEIN; ISOCITRATE LYASE; MALATE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CUCUMBER; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DARKNESS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; GLYOXYLATES; ISOCITRATE LYASE; MALATE SYNTHASE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SUCROSE;

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 0031282619     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005840522049     Document Type: Article

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