Nitrogen resorption and protein degradation during leaf senescence in Chenopodium album grown in different light and nitrogen conditions

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 409-417

  Yasumura, Yuko ^a,b   Hikosaka, Kouki ^a   Hirose, Tadaki ^a,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

C N ratio; Membrane protein; Sink source relationships; Soluble protein; Structural protein

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DEGRADATION; NITROGEN; PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY;

CHENOPODIUM ALBUM; LEAF SENESCENCE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; STRUCTURAL PROTEINS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CARBON; DEGRADATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HERB; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LIGHT EFFECT; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN; RESORPTION; SENESCENCE;

ABSORPTION; DEGRADATION; NITROGEN; PLANTS; PROTEINS; SOLUBILITY;

CHENOPODIUM ALBUM;

EID: 34249054122     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP06307     Document Type: Article

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