Investigating the regulation of one-carbon metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-241

  Li, Rong ^a   Moore, Maya ^a   King, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana (transgenic and mutant); C1 tetrahydrofolate synthase serine hydroxymethyltransferase pathway; Formate dehydrogenase; Glycine decarboxylase complex; Glycine decarboxylase serine hydroxymethyltransferase pathway; One carbon metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMINOHYDROLASES; ARABIDOPSIS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; FORMATE DEHYDROGENASES; FORMATE-TETRAHYDROFOLATE LIGASE; FORMIC ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLYCINE; GLYCINE HYDROXYMETHYLTRANSFERASE; HOMOCYSTEINE S-METHYLTRANSFERASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); METHYLTRANSFERASES; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTATION; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SERINE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0037365133     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg029     Document Type: Article

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