AtAMT1 gene expression and NH4+ uptake in roots of Arabidopsis thaliana: Evidence for regulation by root glutamine levels

Plant Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-152

  Rawat, Suman R ^a   Silim, Salim N ^a,b   Kronzucker, Herbert J ^b   Siddiqi, M Yaeesh ^a   Glass, Anthony D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM NITRATE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOPLASM; GLUTAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; STEADY STATE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUTAMINE; NITRATES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033167372     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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