NADH-dependent glutamate synthase participated in ammonium assimilation in Arabidopsis root

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Kojima, Soichi ^a   Konishi, Noriyuki ^a   Beier, Marcel Pascal ^a   Ishiyama, Keiki ^a   Maru, Ikumi ^a   Hayakawa, Toshihiko ^a   Yamaya, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Ammonium; Arabidopsis; Assimilation; CO2; Glutamate; NADH GOGAT; Root

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL DNA; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE (FERREDOXIN); GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE (NADH); GLUTAMIC ACID; NITROGEN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; T-DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMASS; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOMASS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE (NADH); GLUTAMIC ACID; LIGHT; NITROGEN; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84924241792     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.29402     Document Type: Article

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