Glutamine synthetase in the phloem plays a major role in controlling proline production

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1995-2011

  Brugière, Norbert ^a,c   Dubois, Frédéric ^b   Limami, Anis M ^a   Lelandais, Maud ^a   Roux, Yvette ^a   Sangwan, Rajbir S ^b   Hirel, Bertrand ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ENZYME MECHANISM; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLINE; PROMOTER REGION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NICOTIANA PLUMBAGINIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; RHIZOBIUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0344240119     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.10.1995     Document Type: Article

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