Dark-induced expression of genes for asparagine synthetase and cytosolic glutamine synthetase in radish cotyledons is dependent on the growth stage

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 942-948

  Nozawa, Akira ^a   Ito, Masaki ^a   Hayashi, Hiroaki ^b   Watanabe, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Asparagine synthetase (EC 6.3.5.4); Glutamine synthetase (EC 6.3.1.2); Leaf senescence; Nitrogen translocation; Radish (Raphanus sativus L.)

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GROWTH REGULATION; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX; PHLOEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; RADISH; TRANSLOCATION LINE;

RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 0032825385     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029626     Document Type: Article

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