Expression of the plastid-located glutamine synthetase of Medicago truncatula. Accumulation of the precursor in root nodules reveals an in vivo control at the level of protein import into plastids

Plant Physiology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 390-399

  Melo, Paula M ^a   Lima, Lígia M ^a   Santos, Isabel M ^a   Carvalho, Helena G ^a   Cullimore, Julie V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DNA; ENZYMES; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLYPEPTIDES;

PLASTIDS;

CLONING;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 0037986651     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.016675     Document Type: Article

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