Overexpression of γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase, but not of glutathione synthetase, elevates glutathione allocation in the phloem of transgenic poplar trees

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 447-451

  Herschbach, Cornelia ^a   Jouanin, Lise ^b   Rennenberg, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Cysteine; Glutathione; Methionine; Phloem exudate; Transgenic Poplar (Populus tremula x p. alba); Glutamylcysteine

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTATHIONE SYNTHETASE; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANT GENETICS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

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

EID: 0031922388     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029389     Document Type: Article

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