Regulation of a putative high-affinity nitrate transporter (Nrt2;1At) in roots of Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 563-568

  Zhuo, Degen ^a   Okamoto, Mamoru ^a   Vidmar, J John ^a   Glass, Anthony D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE ISOLATION; NITRATE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT ROOT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033103601     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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