Expression studies of Nrt2:1Np, a putative high-affinity nitrate transporter: Evidence for its role in nitrate uptake

Plant Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 723-731

  Krapp, Anne ^a,b   Fraisier, Vincent ^a   Scheible, Wolf Rüdiger ^b,e   Quesada, Alberto ^c   Gojon, Alain ^d   Stitt, Mark ^b   Caboche, Michel ^a   Daniel Vedele, Françoise ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^d INRA   (France)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; NITRATE ASSIMILATION; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE TRANSPORTER; NITRATE UPTAKE; NITROGEN METABOLITE; NRT2NP GENE; RNA SPLICING;

NICOTIANA PLUMBAGINIFOLIA;

EID: 0031875211     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.1998.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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