Coordinated diurnal regulation of low- and high-affinity nitrate transporters in tomato

Plant Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-23

  Ono, F ^a   Frommer, W B ^a   Von Wiren N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diurnal expression; Nitrate induction; Nitrate reductase; NRT1; NRT2; Tomato; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033977894     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-297     Document Type: Article

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