Expression of a heterologous S-Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase cDNA in plants demonstrates that changes in S-adenosyl-L-methionine decarboxylase activity determine levels of the higher polyamines spermidine and spermine

Plant Physiology

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1744-1754

  Thu Hang, Pham ^a   Bassie, Ludovic ^a   Safwat, Gehan M ^a   Trung Nghia, Pham ^a   Christou, Paul ^a   Capell, Teresa ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; RNA; SEED; TISSUE;

METABOLIC PATHWAY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DATURA; DATURA STRAMONIUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; ORYZA SATIVA;

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; AMINE OXIDASE (COPPER CONTAINING); ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; CARBOXYLYASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; POLYAMINE; POLYAMINE OXIDASE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DATURA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADENOSYLMETHIONINE DECARBOXYLASE; AMINE OXIDASE (COPPER-CONTAINING); CARBOXY-LYASES; DATURA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; ORYZA SATIVA; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-NH GROUP DONORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYAMINES; PUTRESCINE; SEEDS; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

EID: 0037008207     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.010966     Document Type: Article

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