Toxicity of free proline revealed in an Arabidopsis T-DNA-tagged mutant deficient in proline dehydrogenase

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 541-548

  Nanjo, Tokihiko ^a,b,e   Fujita, Miki ^c   Seki, Motoaki ^c   Kato, Tomohiko ^d   Tabata, Satoshi ^d   Shinozaki, Kazuo ^a  

^a RIKEN TSUKUBA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Toyota Technological Institute   (Japan)

^c RIKEN YOKOHAMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA micraarray; Proline dehydragenase; Proline toxicity; T DNA tagged mutant

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANT ROOTS; PROLINE; PROLINE OXIDASE; RNA, MESSENGER;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0038685748     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg066     Document Type: Article

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