Antisense repression reveals a crucial role of the plastidic 2-oxoglutarate/malate translocator DiT1 at the interface between carbon and nitrogen metabolism

Plant Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 206-224

  Schneidereit, Jörg ^a,b   Häusler, Rainer E ^b   Fiene, Gabi ^b   Kaiser, Werner M ^c   Weber, Andreas P M ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia assimilation; C N metabolism; Dicarboxylate transport; Plastid envelope membrane

Indexed keywords

CARBON; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMMONIA ASSIMILATION; C/N METABOLISM; DICARBOXYLATE TRANSPORT; PLASTID ENVELOPE MEMBRANE;

ENZYMES;

CARBON; CARRIER PROTEIN; MALIC ACID; MALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER; OXOGLUTARATE TRANSLOCATOR;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTID; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CARBON; MALATES; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TOBACCO;

CARBON; ENZYMES; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33644930813     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2005.02594.x     Document Type: Article

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