Transgenic tobacco plants that overexpress alfalfa NADH-glutamate synthase have higher carbon and nitrogen content

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 52, Issue 364, 2001, Pages 2079-2087

  Chichkova, Svetlana ^a   Arellano, Jesús ^a   Vance, Carroll P ^b   Hernández, Georgina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

NADH GOGAT; Nitrogen assimilation; Transgenic tobacco

Indexed keywords

CARBON CONTENT; CHIMERIC GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INHERITANCE; MESSENGER RNA; NADH GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ENZYMES; GENES; GREENHOUSES; RNA; TOBACCO;

FLOWERING STAGES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0034756692     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jexbot/52.364.2079     Document Type: Article

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