Potassium uptake supporting plant growth in the absence of AKT1 channel activity: Inhibition by ammonium and stimulation by sodium

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 909-918

  Spalding, Edgar P ^a   Hirsch, Rebecca E ^a   Lewis, Daniel R ^a   Qi, Zhi ^a   Sussman, Michael R ^a   Lewis, Bryan D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Clarke College   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Plant nutrition; Root; Transferred DNA insertion mutant

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HYDROGEN; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; GENE INSERTION; GERMINATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; GROWTH RATE; ION PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NUTRITION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT;

EID: 0033042261     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.113.6.909     Document Type: Article

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