Increased β-cyanoalanine nitrilase activity improves cyanide tolerance and assimilation in arabidopsis

Molecular Plant

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 231-243

  O'Leary, Brendan ^a   Preston, Gail M ^a   Sweetlove, Lee J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asparagine metabolism; Cyanide; Cyanide detoxification; Nitrilase; cyanoalanine

Indexed keywords

3 CYANOALANINE; 3-CYANOALANINE; ALANINE; BACTERIAL DNA; CYANIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYDROLASE; NITRILASE; T DNA; T-DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ASPARAGINE METABOLISM; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL RESPIRATION; CHEMISTRY; CYANIDE DETOXIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NITRILASE.; SOLUBILITY; TRANSGENIC PLANT; Β-CYANOALANINE;

ASPARAGINE METABOLISM; CYANIDE; CYANIDE DETOXIFICATION; NITRILASE.; Β-CYANOALANINE;

ALANINE; AMINOHYDROLASES; ARABIDOPSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL RESPIRATION; CYANIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84891801400     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst110     Document Type: Article

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