Impact of the C-N status on the amino acid profile in tobacco source leaves

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2055-2076

  Fritz, Christina ^a   Mueller, Cathrin ^a   Matt, Petra ^a   Feil, Regina ^a   Stitt, Mark ^a  

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

Author keywords

2 oxoglutarate; Amino acids; Carbon; Nicotiana tabacum; Nitrate reductase (NIA); Nitrogen; Rubisco

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON; NITROGEN; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE;

AMINO ACID; CARBON CYCLE; LEAF; METABOLISM; NITROGEN CYCLE; TOBACCO;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; TOBACCO;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; GENOTYPE; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33748982249     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2006.01580.x     Document Type: Article

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