Analysis of sulfur and selenium assimilation in Astragalus plants with varying capacities to accumulate selenium

Plant Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 785-797

  Sors, Thomas G ^a   Ellis, Danielle R ^a   Gun, Nam Na ^a   Lahner, Brett ^a   Lee, Sangman ^b,d   Leustek, Thomas ^b   Pickering, Ingrid J ^c   Salt, David E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

APS reductase; ATP sulfurylase; Hyperaccumulator; S methylcysteine; Se methylselenocysteine; Selenocysteine methyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SELENIUM; SULFUR;

APS REDUCTASE (APR); ATP SULFURYLASE (ATPS); SERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE (SAT); TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

METAL ANALYSIS;

SELENIUM; SULFUR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SELENIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFUR;

ADENOSINE; ASTRAGALUS; BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ENZYMES; METALS; PHOSPHATES; PLANTS; SELENIUM; SULFUR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ASTRAGALUS PLANT;

EID: 21244487160     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02413.x     Document Type: Article

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