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| Oliveira,I.C.; Brenner,E.; Chiu,J.; Hsieh,M.-H.; Kouranov,A.; Lam,H.-M.; Shin,M.J.; Coruzzi,G.. |
| We are using molecular, biochemical, and genetic approaches to study the structural and regulatory genes controlling the assimilation of inorganic nitrogen into the amino acids glutamine, glutamate, aspartate and asparagine. These amino acids serve as the principal nitrogen-transport amino acids in most crop and higher plants including Arabidopsis thaliana. We have begun to investigate the regulatory mechanisms controlling nitrogen assimilation into these amino acids in plants using molecular and genetic approaches in Arabidopsis. The synthesis of the amide amino acids glutamine and asparagine is subject to tight regulation in response to environmental factors such as light and to metabolic factors such as sucrose and amino acids. For instance, light... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Amino acids; Carbon; Ammonium; Nitrogen assimilation; Gene expression; Arabidopsis thaliana. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2001000500003 |
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