The contrasting N management of two oilseed rape genotypes reveals the mechanisms of proteolysis associated with leaf N remobilization and the respective contributions of leaves and stems to N storage and remobilization during seed filling

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Girondé, Alexandra ^a,b   Etienne, Philippe ^a,b   Trouverie, Jacques ^a,b   Bouchereau, Alain ^c   Le Cahérec, Françoise ^c   Leport, Laurent ^c   Orsel, Mathilde ^c,d,e   Niogret, Marie Françoise ^c   Nesi, Nathalie ^c   Carole, Deleu ^c   Soulay, Fabienne ^f   Masclaux Daubresse, Céline ^f   Avice, Jean Christophe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b University Caen UMR INRA UCBN 950 Ecophysiologie Végétale   (France)

^c Universite Rennes 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^e Universite d'Angers   (France)

^f INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Leaf senescence; N remobilization efficiency; N use efficiency; Proteasome; Proteolysis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHLOROPHYLL; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RIBULOSEBISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; VEGETABLE OIL;

BIOMASS; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAPESEED; SOLUBILITY;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOMASS; BRASSICA NAPUS; CHLOROPHYLL; GENOTYPE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; KINETICS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS; PLANT STEMS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; PROTEOLYSIS; RIBULOSE-BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE; SEEDS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84926161981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12870-015-0437-1     Document Type: Article

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