A mutation in amino acid permease AAP6 reduces the amino acid content of the Arabidopsis sieve elements but leaves aphid herbivores unaffected

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-64

  Hunt, Emma ^a   Gattolin, Stefano ^b   Newbury, H John ^c   Bale, Jeffrey S ^d   Tseng, Hua Ming ^e   Barrett, David A ^e   Pritchard, Jeremy ^d  

^a CABI   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AAP6; Amino acid; Aphid; Arabidopsis thaliana; Capillary electrophoresis; EPG; Herbivore; Myzus persicae; Phloem; Sieve element

Indexed keywords

AAP6 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHLOEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENOME; PLANT LEAF; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; APHIDS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENOME, PLANT; HOMOZYGOTE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHLOEM; PLANT LEAVES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

APHIDIDAE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; MYZUS PERSICAE;

EID: 72049083272     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp274     Document Type: Article

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