GNC and CGA1 modulate chlorophyll biosynthesis and glutamate synthase (GLU1/FD-GOGAT) expression in Arabidopsis

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Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Hudson, Darryl ^a   Guevara, David ^a   Yaish, Mahmoud W ^a   Hannam, Carol ^a   Long, Nykoll ^b   Clarke, Joseph D ^b   Bi, Yong Mei ^a   Rothstein, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; CYTOKININ; GIBBERELLIN; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN; STARCH; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE (FERREDOXIN); MESSENGER RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PLANT RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CGA1 GENE; CHLOROPLAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FD GOGAT GENE; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERMINATION; GLU1 GENE; GNC GENE; GUN4 GENE; HEMA1 GENE; LEAF DEVELOPMENT; LIGHT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PORB GENE; PORC GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENESCENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CYTOKININS; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; STARCH;

EID: 80755125987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026765     Document Type: Article

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