The K+-dependent asparaginase, NSE1, is crucial for plant growth and seed production in lotus japonicus

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-118

  Credali, Alfredo ^a,b   García Calderón, Margarita ^a   Dam, Svend ^b   Perry, Jillian ^c   Díaz Quintana, Antonio ^d   Parniske, Martin ^e   Wang, Trevor L ^c   Stougaard, Jens ^b   Vega, José M ^a   Márquez, Antonio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d CSIC JA USE Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas Isla de la Cartuja CICIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asparaginase; Lotus japonicus; Nitrogen metabolism; Nitrogen remobilization; Reverse genetics; TILLING mutants

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; ASPARAGINE; NITROGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SEED STORAGE PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOTUS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ASPARAGINASE; ASPARAGINE; LOTUS; MUTATION; NITROGEN; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEED STORAGE PROTEINS; SEEDS;

LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS;

EID: 84872279378     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs156     Document Type: Article

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