Changes in nitrogen assimilation, metabolism, and growth in transgenic rice plants expressing a fungal NADP(H)-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase (gdhA)

Planta

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 299-311

  Abiko, Tomomi ^a   Wakayama, Masataka ^a   Kawakami, Akira ^a   Obara, Mitsuhiro ^b   Kisaka, Hiroaki ^c   Miwa, Tetsuya ^c   Aoki, Naohiro ^a   Ohsugi, Ryu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; NADP(H) dependent glutamate dehydrogenase; Nitrogen metabolism; Rice

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP); NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE (NADP+); NITROGEN; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

ASCOMYCOTA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 77955684963     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-010-1172-3     Document Type: Article

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