Sixteen cytosolic glutamine synthetase genes identified in the Brassica napus L. genome are differentially regulated depending on nitrogen regimes and leaf senescence

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 3927-3947

  Orsel, Mathilde ^a,b,c,d   Moison, Michaël ^e   Clouet, Vanessa ^a   Thomas, Justine ^a   Leprince, Françoise ^a   Canoy, Anne Sophie ^f   Just, Jérémy ^g   Chalhoub, Boulos ^g   Masclaux Daubresse, Céline ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b Universite d'Angers   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^e INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^f Dept of Biogemma Groupe de Recherche Génomique Amont   (France)

^g CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Alloploidization; Brassica napus; Brassica oleracea; Brassica rapa; nitrogen metabolism; nitrogen remobilization,senescence

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRASSICA RAPA; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CYTOSOL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAPESEED; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYTOSOL; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC LOCI; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84905001386     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru041     Document Type: Article

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