Molecular and cellular characterisation of LjAMT2;1, an ammonium transporter from the model legume Lotus japonicus

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-108

  Simon Rosin, Ulrike ^a   Wood, Craig ^a   Udvardi, Michael K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonium transport; Legume root nodule; Lotus japonicus; mRNA in situ hybridisation; Nitrogen fixation; Sub cellular localisation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; PROTEINS; SOILS; TISSUE;

AMMONIUM TRANSPORTERS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FABACEAE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LOTUS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; METHYLAMINES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; LOTUS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS;

EID: 0037272472     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020710222298     Document Type: Article

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