Nitrogen metabolism of two contrasting poplar species during acclimation to limiting nitrogen availability

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4207-4224

  Luo, Jie ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Liu, Tongxian ^a   Polle, Andrea ^b   Peng, Changhui ^a   Luo, Zhi Bin ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Glutamate synthase; Glutamine synthetase; Net flux; Nitrate reductase; Nitrite reductase; Plasma membrane H+ ATPase; Poplar; Stable carbon isotope

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; MINERAL; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRITE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; NITROGEN; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS BREEDING; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NET FLUX; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLASMA MEMBRANE H#X002B;-ATPASE; POPULUS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE.;

GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE; NET FLUX; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRITE REDUCTASE; PLASMA MEMBRANE H#X002B;-ATPASE; POPLAR; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPE.;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL MEMBRANE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MINERALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; NITRITES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; POPULUS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84887972588     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert234     Document Type: Article

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