An Arabidopsis mutant disrupted in ASN2 encoding asparagine synthetase 2 exhibits low salt stress tolerance

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 623-628

  Maaroufi Dguimi, Houda ^a   Debouba, Mohamed ^a   Gaufichon, Laure ^b   Clément, Gilles ^b   Gouia, Houda ^a   Hajjaji, Afef ^a   Suzuki, Akira ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonium assimilation; Arabidopsis thaliana; ASN; Glutamine synthetase; Salt

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARTATE AMMONIA LIGASE; CHLOROPHYLL; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE 2; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN; PROLINE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SALT TOLERANCE; SOLUBILITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROLINE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RNA, MESSENGER; SALT-TOLERANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUBILITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 79955715986     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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