NADH-dependent glutamate synthase plays a crucial role in assimilating ammonium in the Arabidopsis root

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 138-151

  Konishi, Noriyuki ^a   Ishiyama, Keiki ^a   Matsuoka, Kaya ^a   Maru, Ikumi ^a   Hayakawa, Toshihiko ^a   Yamaya, Tomoyuki ^a   Kojima, Soichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE (NADH); GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; NITROGEN; SOIL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYDROPONICS; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SOIL; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ARABIDOPSIS; GENES, REPORTER; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE (NADH); GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HYDROPONICS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SOIL;

EID: 84906086054     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppl.12177     Document Type: Article

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