An arabidopsis T-DNA insertion mutant for galactokinase (AtGALK, At3g06580) hyperaccumulates free galactose and is insensitive to exogenous galactose

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 921-929

  Egert, Aurélie ^a,b   Peters, Shaun ^a,c   Guyot, Christelle ^d   Stieger, Bruno ^d   Keller, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Galactose detoxification; Vacuole

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE; GALK PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MESSENGER RNA; T DNA; T-DNA;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MESOPHYLL CELL; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PROTOPLAST; SEEDLING;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GALACTOKINASE; GALACTOSE; MESOPHYLL CELLS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PROTOPLASTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDLING; VACUOLES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84861016347     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs036     Document Type: Article

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