Mutations at the rug4 locus alter the carbon and nitrogen metabolism of pea plants through an effect on sucrose synthase

Plant Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 353-362

  Craig, Josephine ^a,d   Barratt, Paul ^a   Tatge, Helma ^a,e   Déjardin, Annabelle ^b   Handley, Linda ^c   Gardner, Christopher D ^a   Barber, Lorraine ^a   Wang, Trevor ^a   Hedley, Cliff ^a   Martin, Cathie ^a   Smith, Alison M ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^e PlantTec Biotechnologie GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; MUTANT; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NODULATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT EMBRYOGENESIS; RHIZOBIUM; SUCROSE SYNTHASE; WILD RELATIVE;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0033065358     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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