Global changes in transcription orchestrate metabolic differentiation during symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Lotus japonicus

Plant Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 487-512

  Colebatch, Gillian ^a,b   Desbrosses, Guilhem ^a   Ott, Thomas ^a   Krusell, Lene ^a   Montanari, Ombretta ^a   Kloska, Sebastian ^a,c   Kopka, Joachim ^a   Udvardi, Michael K ^a  

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

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SCIENION AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Legume; Lotus japonicus; Metabolome; Nodule; Symbiotic nitrogen fixation; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; NITROGEN;

LEGUME SPECIES; LOTUS JAPONICUS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA MICROARRAY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; LOTUS; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT ROOT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; LOTUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANT ROOTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

GENES; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PLANTS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; LOTUS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS;

EID: 4143050209     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02150.x     Document Type: Article

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