Novel aspects of glutamine synthetase (GS) regulation revealed by a detailed expression analysis of the entire GS gene family of Medicago truncatula under different physiological conditions

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Seabra, Ana R ^a,b   Silva, Liliana S ^a   Carvalho, Helena G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Glutamine synthetase; Medicago truncatula; Nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BARREL MEDIC; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84884321719     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-137     Document Type: Article

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