Coordinate modulation of maize sulfate permease and ATP sulfurylase mRNAs in response to variations in sulfur nutritional status: Stereospecific down-regulation by L-cysteine

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 527-537

  Bolchi, Angelo ^a   Petrucco, Stefania ^a   Tenca, Pier Luigi ^a   Foroni, Chiara ^a   Ottonello, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ATP sulfurylase; Cysteine; Maize root cDNAs; mRNA modulation; Sulfate permease; Sulfur assimilation

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GENETIC REGULATION; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT GENETICS; SULFATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; SULFATE PERMEASE; SULFUR;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUTATHIONE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; SULFATES; SULFUR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033083485     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006148815106     Document Type: Article

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