Overproduction of SAT and/or OASTL in transgenic plants: A survey of effects

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 404, 2004, Pages 1881-1888

  Sirko, Agnieszka ^a   Błaszczyk, Anna ^a   Liszewska, Frantz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cysteine synthase; Glutathione; Serine acetyltransferase; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; GENES; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METABOLITES;

CHLOROPLASTS; MITOCHONDRIA; NUCLEAR GENES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; ISOENZYME; SERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOSOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; ARABIDOPSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEINE SYNTHASE; CYTOSOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ISOENZYMES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SERINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; TOBACCO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 4344651169     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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