Decreased NADH glutamate synthase activity in nodules and flowers of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) transformed with an antisense glutamate synthase transgene

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 51, Issue 342, 2000, Pages 29-39

  Schoenbeck, Mark A ^a   Temple, Stephen J ^a   Trepp, Gian B ^a   Blumenthal, Juerg M ^a   Samac, Deborah A ^a,c   Gantt, J Stephen ^a   Hernandez, Georgina ^b   Vance, Carroll P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Nitrogen assimilation; Pollen

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE GENE; ASPARAGINE SYNTHASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHLOROSIS; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOWERING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE (FERREDOXIN); GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE (NADH); INHERITANCE; MALE STERILITY; MESSENGER RNA; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0033980424     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/51.342.29     Document Type: Article

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