Two cytosolic glutamine synthetase isoforms of maize are specifically involved in the control of grain production

Plant Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3252-3274

  Martin, Antoine ^a,j   Lee, Judy ^b   Kichey, Thomas ^c   Gerentes, Denise ^d   Zivy, Michel ^e   Tatout, Christophe ^d   Dubois, Frédéric ^c   Balliau, Thierry ^e   Valot, Benoît ^e   Davanture, Marlène ^e   Tercé Laforgue, Thérèse ^a   Quilleré, Isabelle ^a   Coque, Marie ^e   Gallais, André ^e   Gonzalez Moro, María Begoña ^f   Bethencourt, Linda ^a   Habash, Dimah Z ^g   Lea, Peter J ^h   Charcosset, Alain ^e   Perez, Pascual ^d   Murigneux, Alain ^d   Sakakibara, Hitoshi ⁱ   Edwards, Keith J ^b   Hirel, Bertrand ^a   more..

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^d Campus Universitaire des Cézaux   (France)

^e INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^g ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^h LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

^j CSIC   (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; MUTAGENESIS; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

CYTOIMMUNOCHEMISTRY; GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE; GRAIN PRODUCTION; MESOPHYLL CELLS;

ENZYMES;

CORN; ENZYMES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33845801278     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.042689     Document Type: Article

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