Manipulating the pathway of ammonia assimilation through genetic engineering and breeding: Consequences to plant physiology and plant development

Plant and Soil

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 81-93

  Harrison, Judith ^a   Brugière, Norbert ^a,b   Phillipson, Belinda ^a,c   Ferrario Mery, Sylvie ^a   Becker, Thomas ^d   Limami, Anis ^a   Hirel, Bertrand ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Department of Physiology   (Denmark)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Glutamate synthase; Glutamine synthetase; Lotus; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ASSIMILATION; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; LOTUS; NITROGEN UTILIZATION; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT MODEL; TOBACCO;

EID: 0342647484     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004715720043     Document Type: Article

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