Expression of the bacterial gdhA gene encoding a NADPH glutamate dehydrogenase in tobacco affects plant growth and development

Plant and Soil

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-57

  Ameziane, Rafiqa ^a   Bernhard, Karen ^a   Lightfoot, David ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Carbon metabolism; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Nitrogen metabolism; Phosphino thricin tolerance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GDHA GENE; GENETIC CHANGE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PHOSPHINOTHRICIN; PROMOTER REGION; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033877037     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004794000267     Document Type: Article

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