Adaptation of maize source leaf metabolism to stress related disturbances in carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus balance

BMC Genomics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Schlüter, Urte ^a   Colmsee, Christian ^b   Scholz, Uwe ^b   Bräutigam, Andrea ^c   Weber, Andreas P M ^c   Zellerhoff, Nina ^d   Bucher, Marcel ^d   Fahnenstich, Holger ^e   Sonnewald, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e Metanomics GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Ionome; Maize; Metabolome; Nutrient stress; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; STARCH; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; LEAF GAS EXCHANGE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAIZE; METABOLIC BALANCE; METABOLOME; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PHOSPHORUS BALANCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT STRESS; STARVATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARBON; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HOMEOSTASIS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEEDLING; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84879817187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-442     Document Type: Article

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