Alanine aminotransferase catalyses the breakdown of alanine after hypoxia in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1108-1121

  Miyashita, Yo ^a   Dolferus, Rudy ^b   Ismond, Kathleen P ^a   Good, Allen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

AlaAT; Alanine aminotransferase; Anaerobic stress; Nitrogen metabolism

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYME KINETICS; ESTERS; METABOLISM;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANAEROBIC STRESS; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN SOURCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALANINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; OXYGEN;

ANOXIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALANINE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANOXIA; ARABIDOPSIS; CATALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; OXYGEN; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

ALANINE; ENZYMES; METABOLISM; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; HORDEUM;

EID: 33847416642     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.03023.x     Document Type: Article

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