Adjustment of growth and central metabolism to a mild but sustained nitrogen-limitation in Arabidopsis

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 300-318

  Tschoep, Hendrik ^a   Gibon, Yves ^a   Carillo, Petronia ^b   Armengaud, Patrick ^c   Szecowka, Marek ^a   Nunes Nesi, Adriano ^a   Fernie, Alisdair R ^a   Koehl, Karin ^a   Stitt, Mark ^a  

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

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Arabidopsis; Enzymes; Nitrate; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CARBOHYDRATE; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID; DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INORGANIC NITROGEN; METABOLISM; NITRATE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOMASS; PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; SOIL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACIDS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOTOPERIOD; SOIL;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 58849146303     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01921.x     Document Type: Article

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