Characterization of alanine aminotransferase (AlaAT) multigene family and hypoxic response in young seedlings of the model legume Medicago truncatula

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3079-3089

  Ricoult, Claudie ^a   Echeverria, Luis Orcaray ^a,b   Cliquet, Jean Bernard ^c   Limami, Anis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

15N labelling; AlaAT; Alanine; Alanine glyoxylate aminotransferase; Alanine pyruvate aminotransferase; Anoxia hypoxia; Germination; Medicago truncatula

Indexed keywords

15 N LABELING; ALANINE-GLYOXYLATE AMINOTRANSFERASE (AGT); ALANINE-PYRUVATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANOXIA/HYPOXIA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

ENZYMES; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CROPS;

ALANINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ISOPROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; CELL HYPOXIA; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALANINE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL HYPOXIA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALANINE; AMINO ACIDS; EMBRYOS; GENES; GERMINATION; GLYCINE; PLANTS; PROTEINS; ROOTS; SEEDLINGS; STEMS;

MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 33749038640     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erl069     Document Type: Article

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