Water potential is maintained during water deficit in Nicotiana tabacum expressing the Escherichia coli glutamate dehydrogenase gene

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 50, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 231-238

  Mungur, R ^a,c   Wood, A J ^b   Lightfoot, D A ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Glutamate; Nicotiana tabacum SR1; Roots Shoots; Tobacco; Water potential

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES;

GLUTAMATE; METABOLITE PROFILES; NICOTIANA TABACUM SR1; WATER POTENTIAL;

CROPS;

AMINO ACIDS; FARM CROPS; GENES; ROOTS; SHOOTS; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33751510938     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-006-9140-4     Document Type: Article

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