Expression of a ferredoxin-dependent glutamate synthase gene in mesophyll and vascular cells and functions of the enzyme in ammonium assimilation in Nicotiana tabacum (L.)

Planta

Volumn 222, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 667-677

  Feraud, Magali ^a   Masclaux Daubresse, Céline ^a   Ferrario Méry, Sylvie ^a   Pageau, Karine ^a   Lelandais, Maud ^a   Ziegler, Christine ^a   Leboeuf, Edouard ^a   Jouglet, Tiphaine ^a   Viret, Lauriane ^a   Spampinato, Axelle ^a   Paganelli, Vanina ^a   Hammouda, Mounir Ben ^a   Suzuki, Akira ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Ammonium assimilation; Arabidopsis; Fd glutamate synthase; Glutamine synthetase; NADH glutamate synthase; Nicotiana

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE (FERREDOXIN); HYBRID PROTEIN; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; REPORTER GENE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 27644556042     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-0013-2     Document Type: Article

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