Ornithine: The overlooked molecule in the regulation of polyamine metabolism3

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 990-1004

  Majumdar, Rajtilak ^a   Shao, Lin ^a   Minocha, Rakesh ^b   Long, Stephanie ^b   Minocha, Subhash C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Metabolism; Ornithine; Polyamines; Putrescine

Indexed keywords

ARGININE DECARBOXYLASE; CADAVERINE; CARBON; CARBOXYLYASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; RADIOACTIVITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; METABOLISM; ORNITHINE; POLYAMINES; PUTRESCINE;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CADAVERINE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBOXY-LYASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENETIC VECTORS; MICE; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLYAMINES; PUTRESCINE; RADIOACTIVITY; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84878871914     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct053     Document Type: Article

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