A New Role for SAG12 Cysteine Protease in Roots of Arabidopsis thaliana

Senescence associated gene (SAG) 12, which encodes a cysteine protease is considered to be important in nitrogen (N) allocation to Arabidopsis thaliana seeds. A decrease in the yield and N content of the seeds was observed in the Arabidopsis SAG12 knockout mutants (sag12) relative to the wild type (...

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Main Authors: Maxence James, Céline Masclaux-Daubresse, Anne Marmagne, Marianne Azzopardi, Philippe Laîné, Didier Goux, Philippe Etienne, Jacques Trouverie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.01998/full