Differential regulation of three functional ammonium transporter genes by nitrogen in root hairs and by light in leaves of tomato

Plant Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-175

  Von Wirén, Nicolaus ^a   Lauter, Frank Roman ^a,c   Ninnemann, Olaf ^a,d   Gillissen, Bernd ^a,d   Walch Liu, Pia ^b   Engels, Christof ^b   Jost, Wolfgang ^a   Frommer, Wolf B ^a  

^a Zentrum Molekularbiologie Pfl T   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c BioInside GmbH   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMMONIUM TRANSPORTER GENE; AMMONIUM UPTAKE; CDNA LIBRARY; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; FUNGAL MUTANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT NUTRITION; TOMATO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; LIGHT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0034051639     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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