Enhanced tolerance of rice to low iron availability in alkaline soils using barley nicotianamine aminotransferase genes

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 466-469

  Takahashi, Michiko ^a,b   Nakanishi, Hiromi ^a   Kawasaki, Shinji ^c   Nishizawa, Naoko K ^a   Mori, Satoshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA; ENZYMES; GENES; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); IRON; PH EFFECTS; SOILS;

ALKALINE SOILS;

CROPS;

AMINOTRANSFERASE; DNA FRAGMENT; IRON; IRON CHELATING AGENT; NICOTIANAMINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; SIDEROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IRON ABSORPTION; IRON CHELATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; RICE; SOIL; TRANSGENE;

GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HORDEUM; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; IRON CHELATING AGENTS; ISOENZYMES; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHIZOBIUM; SIDEROPHORES; SOIL; TRANSAMINASES;

AGROBACTERIUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0035004171     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/88143     Document Type: Article

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