Three Nrt2 genes are differentially regulated in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 373-377

  Quesada, A ^a   Hidalgo, J ^b   Fernandez E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; mRNA expression; Nitrate transport; Nitrite transport; Nrt2

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARRIER PROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRITE;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ANIMALS; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; NITRATES; PLANT PROTEINS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031812399     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050743     Document Type: Article

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