A ferric-chelate reductase for iron uptake from soils

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6721, 1999, Pages 694-697

  Robinson, Nigel J ^a   Procter, Catherine M ^a   Connolly, Erin L ^b   Guerinot, Mary Lou ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHELATE; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE (CYTOCHROME); OXIDOREDUCTASE;

IRON; SOIL;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL TREATMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FMN REDUCTASE; GENES, PLANT; IRON; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; NADPH OXIDASE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOIL;

EID: 0033602102     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/17800     Document Type: Article

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