Molecular identification of a further branched-chain aminotransferase 7 (BCAT7) in tomato plants

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 437-443

  Kochevenko, Andrej ^a   Klee, Harry J ^b   Fernie, Alisdair R ^a   Araújo, Wagner L ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BCAT7; Branched chain amino acid transferase; Branched chain amino acids; QTL; Tomato

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID TRANSAMINASE; BRANCHED-CHAIN-AMINO-ACID TRANSAMINASE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; PHYTOHORMONE; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; ARABIDOPSIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSAMINASES; VALINE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAMMALIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84856803245     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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