Molecular regulation of amino acid biosynthesis in plants |
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Authors: | B K Singh B F Matthews |
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Institution: | (1) American Cyanamid Company, P.O. Box 400, 08543 0400 Princeton, New Jersey, USA;(2) Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, USDA/ARS, Beltsville, Maryland, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Our understanding of amino acid biosynthesis in plants has grown by leaps and bounds in the last decade. It appears that most of the amino acid biosynthesis takes place in the chloroplast. Recent demonstration of glutamine synthetase and DAHP synthase in the vascular tisuue has added a new dimension in the complexity of the nitrogen cycle in plants. Isolation of various genes and transformation of plants with the modified forms of the genes are providing tools for understanding the regulation of various pathways. Plant transformation approaches are also going to provide the food of the future with an improved amino acid composition. |
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Keywords: | Amino acids Herbicides Nutritional improvement Stress tolerance |
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