A phosphate transporter from Medicago truncatula is expressed in the photosynthetic tissues of the plant and located in the chloroplast envelope

New Phytologist

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 291-302

  Zhao, Liming ^a,b   Versaw, Wayne K ^a   Liu, Jinyuan ^a   Harrison, Maria J ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast inner envelope membrane; Legume; Phosphate transporter; Photosynthesis

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 0037322089     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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