Tobacco seeds expressing feedback-insensitive cystathionine gamma-synthase exhibit elevated content of methionine and altered primary metabolic profile

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Matityahu, Ifat ^a   Godo, Itamar ^a   Hacham, Yael ^a   Amir, Rachel ^a,b  

^a MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Cystathionine synthase; Germination; Metabolism; Methinonine; Seeds; Storage proteins

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

AMINO ACID; LYASE; O SUCCINYLHOMOSERINE (THIOL) LYASE; O-SUCCINYLHOMOSERINE (THIOL)-LYASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACIDS; ARABIDOPSIS; CARBON-OXYGEN LYASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; TOBACCO;

EID: 84889014688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-206     Document Type: Article

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