References

[1] Mizuno, Y., Berenger, B., Moorhead, G.B.G., Ng, K.K.S., (2007) Crystal Structure of Arabidopsis PII Reveals Novel Structural Elements Unique to Plants. Biochemistry. 46, 1477-1483.

[2] Moorhead, G.B.G., Smith, C.S., (2003) Interpreting the Plastid Carbon, Nitrogen, and Energy Status. A Role for PII? Plant Physiology. 133, 492-498.

[3] Miller, F., (2001) Balancing Nitrogen against Disease. Arkansas Agriculture Experiment Station. August 30.

[4] Watkin, D.M., (1961) Nitrogen Balance as Affected by Neoplastic Disease and Its Therapy. American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc. 9, 446-460.

Additional Arabidopsis PII reading

[5] Burillo, S., Luque, I., Fuentes, I., Contreras, A., (2004) Interactions between the Nitrogen Signal Transduction Protein PII and N-Acetyl Glutamate Kinase in Organisms That Perform Oxygenic Photosynthesis. Journal of Bacteriology. 186, 11, 3346-3354.

[6] Chen, Y.M., Ferrar, T.S., Lohmeir-Vogel, E., Morrice, N., Mizuno, Y., Berenger, B., Ng, K.K.S., Muench, D.G., Moorhead, G.B.G., (2006) The PII Signal Transduction Protein of Arabidopsis thaliana Forms an Arginine-regulated Complex with Plastid N-Acetyl Glutamate Kinase. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 281, 9, 5726-5733.

[7] Smith, C.S., Morrice, N.A., Moorhead, G.B.G., (2004) Lack of evidence for phosphorylation of Arabidopsis thaliana PII: implications for plastid carbon and nitrogen signaling. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 1699, 145-154.

 

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