Expression of a heterologous SnRK1 in tomato increases carbon assimilation, nitrogen uptake and modifies fruit development

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1173-1182

  Wang, Xinliang ^a   Peng, Futian ^a   Li, Minji ^a   Yang, Le ^a   Li, Guangjie ^b  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon; Nitrogen; Pingyitiancha; Sucrose non fermenting 1 related protein kinase 1; Tomato

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; PHYTOHORMONE; PROTEIN KINASE; STARCH; SUCROSE PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SUCROSE SYNTHASE; SUCROSE-PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CARBON; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE ADENYLYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN KINASES; STARCH;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALUS; MALUS HUPEHENSIS;

EID: 84863859497     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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