Ammonium formation and assimilation in PSARK-IPT tobacco transgenic plants under low N

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 157-162

  Rubio Wilhelmi, María del Mar ^a   Sanchez Rodriguez, Eva ^a   Rosales, Miguel Angel ^a   Blasco, Begoña ^a   Rios, Juan Jose ^a   Romero, Luis ^a   Blumwald, Eduardo ^b   Ruiz, Juan Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Cytokinins; Nicotiana tabaccum; Nitrate reductase; Photorespiration

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE ISOPENTENYLTRANSFERASE; AMINO ACID; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHYTOHORMONE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEOLYSIS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84455208058     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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