Biochemistry and genetics of ACC deaminase: A weapon to "stress ethylene" produced in plants

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue SEP, 2015, Pages

  Singh, Rajnish P ^a   Shelke, Ganesh M ^a   Kumar, Anil ^a   Jha, Prabhat N ^a  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; ACC; AcdS; Ethylene; PGPR

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANE 1 CARBOXYLATE DEAMINASE; DEAMINASE; ETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCHAEOGLOBUS FULGIDUS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STRESS; PYROCOCCUS ABYSSI; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; REVIEW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THERMOCOCCUS;

EID: 84946737463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00937     Document Type: Review

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