Isolation and characterization of two different cDNAs of Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthase in alfalfa, transcriptionally induced upon salt stress

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 755-764

  Ginzberg, Idit ^a,b   Stein, Hanan ^a   Kapulnik, Yoram ^b   Szabados, Laszlo ^c   Strizhov, Nicolai ^d   Schell, Jeff ^d   Koncz, Csaba ^c,d   Zilberstein, Aviah ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Medicago sativa; Proline; Pyrroline 5 carboxylate synthase; Salt stress

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAY; CDNA LIBRARY; CLONED GENE; DELTA1 PYRROLINE 5 CARBOXYLATE SYNTHASE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROLINE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALT TOLERANCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STRESS TOLERANCE;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; VIGNA ACONITIFOLIA;

EID: 0032214884     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006015212391     Document Type: Article

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