Highly conserved protein kinases involved in the regulation of carbon and amino acid metabolism

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 394, 2004, Pages 35-42

  Halford, Nigel G ^a   Hey, Sandra ^a   Jhurreea, Deveraj ^a   Laurie, Sophie ^a   McKibbin, Rowan S ^a   Zhang, Yuhua ^a   Paul, Matthew J ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acid metabolism; Carbon metabolism; Plant protein kinases; Regulation; Signalling

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYMES; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

SIGNALLING PATHWAYS;

PROTEINS;

AMINO ACID; CARBON; PROTEIN KINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANTS; PROTEIN KINASES;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0347317983     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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