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T1 - The use of mutants and transgenic plants to study amino acid metabolism.
AU - Lea, P. J.
AU - Forde, B. G.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - Mutants of higher plants with alterations in amino acid metabolism have now been available for 20 years. Following the realization that at least four distinct classes of herbicides (phosphinothricins, glyphosates, imidazolinones and sulphonylureas) act by the inhibition of amino acid biosynthesis, mutants resistant to the herbicides have also been obtained. More recently, transgenic plants containing altered levels of enzymes of amino acid biosynthesis have been constructed. In this article, we have attempted to review several areas of amino acid biosynthesis including ammonia assimilation, the aspartate pathway, branched chain amino acids, aromatic amino acids and proline.
AB - Mutants of higher plants with alterations in amino acid metabolism have now been available for 20 years. Following the realization that at least four distinct classes of herbicides (phosphinothricins, glyphosates, imidazolinones and sulphonylureas) act by the inhibition of amino acid biosynthesis, mutants resistant to the herbicides have also been obtained. More recently, transgenic plants containing altered levels of enzymes of amino acid biosynthesis have been constructed. In this article, we have attempted to review several areas of amino acid biosynthesis including ammonia assimilation, the aspartate pathway, branched chain amino acids, aromatic amino acids and proline.
KW - amino acid biosynthesis • herbicides • higher plants • metabolism • mutants • transgenic plants
U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1994.tb00148.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1994.tb00148.x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 17
SP - 541
EP - 556
JO - Plant, Cell and Environment
JF - Plant, Cell and Environment
SN - 1365-3040
IS - 5
ER -