Regulation of secondary metabolism by the carbon-nitrogen status in tobacco: Nitrate inhibits large sectors of phenylpropanoid metabolism

Plant Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 533-548

  Fritz, Christina ^a   Palacios Rojas, Natalia ^a,b   Feil, Regina ^a   Stitt, Mark ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carbon nutrient hypothesis; Nicotine; Nitrate; Nitrate reductase; Phenylpropanopids; Secondary metabolism

Indexed keywords

CARBON; METABOLISM; NITRATES;

CARBON-NUTRIENT HYPOTHESIS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PHENYLPROPANOPIDS; SECONDARY METABOLISM;

TOBACCO;

AMINO ACID; CARBON; CHLOROGENIC ACID; FLAVONOID; LIGNIN; NICOTINE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; RUTOSIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOBACCO;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; CHLOROGENIC ACID; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGNIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NICOTINE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUTIN; TOBACCO;

CARBON; METABOLISM; NICOTINE; NITRATES; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33646237133     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02715.x     Document Type: Article

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