Arabidopsis mutants define an in vivo role for isoenzymes of aspartate aminotransferase in plant nitrogen assimilation

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 491-499

  Schultz, Carolyn J ^a,b   Hsu, Meier ^a   Miesak, Barbara ^a   Coruzzi, Gloria M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTIC ACID; ISOENZYME;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MITOCHONDRION; MUTANT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PEROXISOME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHLOROPLASTS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYTOSOL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENETIC SCREENING; ISOENZYMES; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS;

EID: 0031799914     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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