Reciprocal regulation of distinct asparagine synthetase genes by light and metabolites in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 345-353

  Lam, Hon Ming ^a   Hsieh, Ming Hsiun ^b   Coruzzi, Gloria ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTATE AMMONIA LIGASE; CARBON; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMINE; LIGHT; MESSENGER RNA; METABOLITE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PLANT GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ASPARTATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUCROSE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032213203     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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