Constitutive overexpression of cytosolic glutamine synthetase (GS1) gene in transgenic alfalfa demonstrates that GS1 may be regulated at the level of RNA stability and protein turnover

Plant Physiology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 109-121

  Ortega, J L ^a   Temple, S J ^a   Sengupta Gopalan, C ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; PLANT LEAF; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; RNA;

GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE (GS);

GENES;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CAULIFLOWER MOSAIC VIRUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0034975335     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.126.1.109     Document Type: Article

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