The aspartate-family pathway of plants: Linking production of essential amino acids with energy and stress regulation

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-195

  Galili, Gad ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Essential amino acids; Lysine; Metabolic engineering; Plants energy; TCA cycle

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; LYSINE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT; REVIEW;

ASPARTIC ACID; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; LYSINE; PLANTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 79956219860     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.2.14425     Document Type: Review

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