Evidence for an operative glutamine translocator in chloroplasts from maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) cotyledons

Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 717-723

  Claros, M G ^a   Aguilar, M L ^a,b   Canovas F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b Centro de Ciencia Principia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glutamine; GS GOGAT cycle; Nitrogen; Pinus pinaster; Seedling; Translocator

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIA; CHLOROPLAST; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PROTEIN; REACTION KINETICS; SEEDLING; TRANSLOCATION;

CONIFEROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PINUS PINASTER;

AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHLOROPLAST; COTYLEDON; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PINE;

AMMONIA; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHLOROPLASTS; COTYLEDON; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; PINUS; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 78049368345     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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