Targeted enhancement of glutamate-to-γ-aminobutyrate conversion in Arabidopsis seeds affects carbon-nitrogen balance and storage reserves in a development-dependent manner

Plant Physiology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1026-1042

  Fait, Aaron ^a   Nesi, Adriano Nunes ^b,e   Angelovici, Ruthie ^c,f   Lehmann, Martin ^b   Pham, Phuong Anh ^b   Song, Luhua ^c,g   Haslam, Richard P ^d   Napier, Johnathan A ^d   Galili, Gad ^c   Fernie, Alisdair R ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^f Michigan State University   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; PETUNIA X HYBRIDA;

EID: 80455173619     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.179986     Document Type: Article

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