Nitrogen deficiency in Arabidopsis affects galactolipid composition and gene expression and results in accumulation of fatty acid phytyl esters

Plant Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 729-739

  Gaude, Nicole ^a   Bréhélin, Claire ^b   Tischendorf, Gilbert ^c   Kessler, Felix ^b   Dörmann, Peter ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Chloroplast; Digalactosyldiacylglycerol; Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol; Nitrogen deficiency; Phytyl ester

Indexed keywords

DIGALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL; MONOGALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL; NITROGEN DEFICIENCY; PHYTYL ESTERS;

ESTERS; GENES; LIPIDS; NITROGEN;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL; DGD1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DIGALACTOSYLDIGLYCERIDE; FATTY ACID; GALACTOLIPID; GALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; THYLAKOID; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; FATTY ACIDS; GALACTOLIPIDS; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; THYLAKOIDS;

CHLOROPHYLLS; ESTERS; GENES; LIPIDS; NITROGEN; PLANTS; PLASTIDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33846940536     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02992.x     Document Type: Article

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