Identification and expression of a soybean nodule-enhanced PEP-carboxylase kinase gene (NE-PpcK) that shows striking up-/down-regulation in vivo

Plant Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 441-452

  Xu, Wenxin ^a   Zhou, You ^a   Chollet, Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Nodule enhanced PEPC kinase; PEPC; PpcK; Protein phosphorylation; Root nodules; Ser Thr kinase; Soybean (Glycine max)

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

PHOSPHORYLATION;

GENES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RNA, PLANT; SOYBEAN PROTEINS; SOYBEANS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; CRASSULACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; FABACEAE; GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0038751865     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01740.x     Document Type: Article

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