Characterization of monofunctional aspartate kinase genes in maize and their relationship with free amino acid content in the endosperm

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2653-2660

  Wang, Xuelu ^a,c   Lopez Valenzuela, Jose A ^a,d   Gibbon, Bryan C ^a   Gakiere, Bertrand ^b,e   Galili, Gad ^b   Larkins, Brian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Aspartate kinase; Endosperm; Lysine; opaque2; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYMES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; MUTAGENESIS; PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ASPARTATE KINASE; ENDOSPERM; LYSINE; OPAQUE2; ZEA MAYS;

GENES;

AMINO ACID; ASPARTATE KINASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ASPARTATE KINASE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548456805     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm100     Document Type: Article

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