Nitrogen transport in plants, with an emphasis on the regulation of fluxes to match plant demand

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 199-207

  Glass, Anthony D M ^c   Brito, Dev T ^a   Kaiser, Brent N ^a   Kronzucker, Herbert J ^b   Kumar, Anshuman ^a   Okamoto, Mamaru ^a   Rawat, S R ^a   Siddiqi, Mohammed Y ^a   Silim, Salim M ^a   Vidmar, Joseph J ^a   Zhuo, Degen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ammonium; Demand; Nitrate; Transporter; Uptake

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0000717966     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1522-2624(200104)164:2<199::AID-JPLN199>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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