Transcriptome analysis of sulfur depletion in Arabidopsis thaliana: Interlacing of biosynthetic pathways provides response specificity

Plant Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 633-650

  Nikiforova, Victoria ^a   Freitag, Jens ^a   Kempa, Stefan ^a   Adamik, Monika ^a   Hesse, Holger ^b   Hoefgen, Rainer ^a  

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

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Array hybridisation; Gene expression; Plant hormones; Sulfur assimilation; Sulfur deficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACIDS, SULFUR; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CYCLOPENTANES; CYSTEINE; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; METHIONINE; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFUR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037296141     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01657.x     Document Type: Article

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