Carbon and amino acids reciprocally modulate the expression of glutamine synthetase in Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 301-309

  Oliveira, Igor C ^a   Coruzzi, Gloria M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; CARBON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; LIGHT HARVESTING COMPLEX; MESSENGER RNA; METABOLIC REGULATION; PLANT PRODUCT;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033199663     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.121.1.301     Document Type: Article

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