Degradation of proteins by enzymes exuded by Allium porrum roots-A potentially important strategy for acquiring organic nitrogen by plants

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 919-925

  Adamczyk, Bartosz ^a,b   Godlewski, Mirosław ^b   Smolander, Aino ^a   Kitunen, Veikko ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Organic nitrogen; Plant nitrogen nutrition; Plant roots; Protease exudation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CASEIN; ENZYME; INSULIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYMOLOGY; EXUDATE; GARLIC; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; SECRETION;

ALLIUM; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CASEINS; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ENZYMES; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; INSULIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT ROOTS; PROTEINS; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

ALLIUM PORRUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BOVINAE;

EID: 68149165922     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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