Knockdown of the 7S globulin subunits shifts distribution of nitrogen sources to the residual protein fraction in transgenic soybean seeds

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1963-1976

  Yamada, Tetsuya ^a   Mori, Yoshihiro ^a   Yasue, Kazuho ^a   Maruyama, Nobuyuki ^b   Kitamura, Keisuke ^a   Abe, Jun ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; AmiRNA; Gene silencing; Glycine max; Protein content; Storage protein

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

AMINO ACID; CARBON; GLOBULIN; MICRORNA; NITROGEN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACIDS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VECTORS; GLOBULINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPID METABOLISM; MICRORNAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEEDS; SOYBEANS;

EID: 84911991225     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: 1432203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-014-1671-y     Document Type: Article

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