Variation of the amino acid content of Arabidopsis seeds by expressing soybean aspartate aminotransferase gene

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-230

  Murooka, Yoshikatsu ^a   Mori, Yukiko ^a   Hayashi, Makoto ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AAT5; Amino acid in seed; Arabidopsis thaliana; Aspartate aminotransferase; Glycine max; Metabolic engineering

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; ENZYMES; GENES; RNA; SEED;

GENE EXPRESSIONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; MESSENGER RNA; PHENYLALANINE; TYROSINE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; VECTORS;

EID: 0036400951     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.94.225     Document Type: Article

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