Leaf-specific overexpression of plastidic glutamine synthetase stimulates the growth of transgenic tobacco seedlings

Planta

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 252-260

  Migge, Andrea ^a   Carrayol, Elisa ^b   Hirel, Bertrand ^b   Becker, Thomas W ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonium assimilation; Glutamate synthase; Glutamine synthetase; Nicotiana (NH4 + assimilation); Overexpression (glutamine synthetase); Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; BIOMASS; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLASTID; PROMOTER REGION; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; GLYCINE MAX; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0033977419     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008132     Document Type: Article

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