Arabidopsis has a cytosolic fumarase required for the massive allocation of photosynthate into fumaric acid and for rapid plant growth on high nitrogen

Plant Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 785-795

  Pracharoenwattana, Itsara ^a   Zhou, Wenxu ^a   Keech, Olivier ^a   Francisco, Perigio B ^a   Udomchalothorn, Thanikan ^a,c   Tschoep, Hendrik ^b,d   Stitt, Mark ^b   Gibon, Yves ^b,e   Smith, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d SESVanderHave NV/SA   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Fumarase; Fumaric acid; Nitrogen assimilation; Photosynthate allocation; Plant growth

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; FUMARIC ACIDS; NITROGEN ASSIMILATION; PHOTOSYNTHATES; PLANT GROWTH;

AMINO ACIDS; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; NITROGEN; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; FUMARIC ACID; FUMARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; PLANT RNA; T DNA; T-DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; MUTATION; PLANT LEAF;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FUMARATE HYDRATASE; FUMARATES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; METABOLOME; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; RNA, PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 77952847855     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04189.x     Document Type: Article

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