Enhanced levels of free and protein-bound threonine in transgenic alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) expressing a bacterial feedback-insensitive aspartate kinase gene

Transgenic Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-144

  Galili, Shmuel ^a   Guenoune, Dana ^a   Wininger, Smadar ^a   Hana, Badani ^a   Schupper, Avigail ^b   Ben Dor, Bruria ^a   Kapulnik, Yoram ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Aspartate kinase; Free threonine; Protein bound threonine; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ASPARTATE KINASE; ASPARTIC ACID; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLUTAMIC ACID; LYSINE; METHIONINE; THREONINE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRYPTOPHAN;

ASPARTATE KINASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THREONINE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0033865679     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008991625001     Document Type: Article

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