Increasing amino acid supply in pea embryos reveals specific interactions of N and C metabolism, and highlights the importance of mitochondrial metabolism

Plant Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 909-926

  Weigelt, Kathleen ^a   Küster, Helge ^b   Radchuk, Ruslana ^a   Müller, Martin ^a   Weichert, Heiko ^a   Fait, Aaron ^c   Fernie, Alisdair R ^c   Saalbach, Isolde ^a   Weber, Hans ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Amino acid metabolism; C N interaction; Legume seed maturation; Metabolic regulation; Mitochondria; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CARBON; NITROGEN; PLANT RNA; SUCROSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRION; PEA; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENES, PLANT; HOMEOSTASIS; MITOCHONDRIA; NITROGEN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PEAS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT; SEEDS; SUCROSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 51249109670     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03560.x     Document Type: Article

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