The β-cyanoalanine pathway is involved in the response to water deficit in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 159-169

  Machingura, Marylou ^a   Sidibe, Aissatou ^a   Wood, Andrew J ^a   Ebbs, Stephen D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cyanide; Cyanoalanine synthase; Nitrilase; Water deficit

Indexed keywords

3 CYANOALANINE; 3-CYANOALANINE; ALANINE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BETA CYANOALANINE SYNTHETASE; BETA-CYANOALANINE SYNTHASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROLASE; LYASE; NITRILASE; WATER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALANINE; AMINOHYDROLASES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYASES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WATER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84871435532     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.11.012     Document Type: Article

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