Arabidopsis thaliana ASN2 encoding asparagine synthetase is involved in the control of nitrogen assimilation and export during vegetative growth

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 328-342

  Gaufichon, Laure ^a   Masclaux Daubresse, Céline ^a   Tcherkez, Guillaume ^b   Reisdorf Cren, Michèle ^a,c   Sakakibara, Yukiko ^d   Hase, Toshiharu ^d   Clément, Gilles ^a   Avice, Jean Christophe ^e   Grandjean, Olivier ^a   Marmagne, Anne ^a   Boutet Mercey, Stéphanie ^a   Azzopardi, Marianne ^a   Soulay, Fabienne ^a   Suzuki, Akira ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCES PARIS SACLAY IPS2   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Biology and Innovative Therapeutics for Ovarian Cancers group   (France)

Author keywords

Amino acid synthesis and metabolism; Cellular localization; Nitrogen assimilation and translocation; Reverse genetics

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ASPARTATE AMMONIA LIGASE; BACTERIAL DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NITROGEN; T DNA; T-DNA;

AMINO ACID; DICOTYLEDON; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHLOEM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; TRANSLOCATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GAS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHLOEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ASPARTATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DNA, BACTERIAL; GASES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; METABOLOME; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PHLOEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; RNA, MESSENGER;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84871925879     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2012.02576.x     Document Type: Article

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