Indole-3-acetic acid is synthesized from L-tryptophan in roots of Arabidopsis thaliana

Planta

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 362-369

  Muller A ^a   Hillebrand, H ^a   Weiler, E W ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis (root system); Auxin biosynthesis; Indole 3 acetonitrile; Nitrilase; Tryptophan pathway

Indexed keywords

AUXIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; INDOLE 3 ACETONITRILE; INDOLEACETIC ACID; METABOLITE; NITRILASE; PLANT GENETICS; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINOHYDROLASES; ARABIDOPSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; INDOLES; PEPTIDES; PLANT ROOTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRYPTOPHAN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0032190340     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050411     Document Type: Article

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