A nodule-specific plant cysteine proteinase, AsNODF32, is involved in nodule senescence and nitrogen fixation activity of the green manure legume Astragalus sinicus

New Phytologist

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 185-192

  Li, Yixing ^a   Zhou, Lei ^a   Li, Youguo ^a   Chen, Dasong ^a   Tan, Xuejuan ^a   Lei, Lei ^a   Zhou, Junchu ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asnodf32; Astragalus sinicus; Nitrogen fixation; Nodule senescence; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GREEN MANURING; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME; RHIZOBACTERIUM; RNA; ROOT SYSTEM; SENESCENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CELL AGING; CYTOLOGY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CELL AGING; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA FRAGMENTATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; ROOT NODULES, PLANT;

AGROBACTERIUM RHIZOGENES; ASTRAGALUS SINICUS;

EID: 51249094499     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02562.x     Document Type: Article

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