Expression of threonine synthase from Solanum tuberosum L. is not metabolically regulated by photosynthesis-related signals or by nitrogenous compounds

Plant Science

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-50

  Casazza, A P ^a   Basner, A ^a   Hofgen R ^a   Hesse, H ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; O Phosphohomoserine; Solanum tuberosum; Threonine biosynthesis; Threonine synthase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBON; HOMOSERINE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; SYNTHETASE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CHLOROPLAST; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POTATO; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0034637683     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(00)00265-X     Document Type: Article

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