Phloem-derived γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is involved in upregulating nodule N2 fixation efficiency in the model legume Medicago truncatula

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2162-2172

  Sulieman, Saad ^a   Schulze, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nitrogen fixation; Nodule; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC ACID; PHLOEM; SUGAR; SYMBIOSIS;

ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; METABOLISM; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHLOEM; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACIDS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HYDROGEN; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHLOEM; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; UP-REGULATION;

MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 78349291130     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02214.x     Document Type: Article

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