High-affinity ammonium transporters and nitrogen sensing in mycorrhizas

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 53-55

  Javelle, Arnaud ^a,c   André, Bruno ^b   Marini, Anne Marie ^b   Chalot, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM TRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; NITROGEN; PROTEIN MEP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING AFFINITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; MYCORRHIZA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSOR; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EVOLUTION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCORRHIZAE; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0037320060     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(02)00012-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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