Involvement of papain and legumain proteinase in the senescence process of Medicago truncatula nodules

New Phytologist

Volumn 202, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 849-863

  Pierre, Olivier ^a   Hopkins, Julie ^a   Combier, Maud ^a   Baldacci, Fabien ^a   Engler, Gilbert ^a   Brouquisse, Renaud ^a   Hérouart, Didier ^a   Boncompagni, Eric ^a  

^a Institut Sophia Agrobiotech   (France)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Legumain; Medicago truncatula; Nitrogen fixing symbiosis; Nodule; Papain; Senescence; Sinorhizobium meliloti

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CELL ORGANELLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST PLANT; LEGUME; MICROSCOPY; NODULATION; PROTEIN; RHIZOBACTERIUM; SENESCENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; RHIZOBIACEAE; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; LEGUMAIN; NITROGEN; PAPAIN;

BARREL MEDIC; CELL VACUOLE; DARKNESS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SINORHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS;

CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PAPAIN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEOLYSIS; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SINORHIZOBIUM; SYMBIOSIS; VACUOLES;

EID: 84898028354     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12717     Document Type: Article

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