Cytosolic glutamine synthetase: A target for improvement of crop nitrogen use efficiency?

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 656-663

  Thomsen, Hanne C ^a   Eriksson, Dennis ^a   Møller, Inge S ^a   Schjoerring, Jan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Glutamine synthetase; Nitrogen; Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE); Overexpression; Regulation

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NITROGEN;

CROP; CYTOSOL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CYTOSOL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84908174442     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.06.002     Document Type: Review

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