Root-specific and phosphate-regulated expression of phytase under the control of a phosphate transporter promoter enables Arabidopsis to grow on phytate as a sole P source

Plant Science

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 871-878

  Mudge, Stephen R ^a   Smith, Frank W ^a   Richardson, Alan E ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Phosphate transporter; Phytase; Phytate

Indexed keywords

ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; GENES; NUTRITION; PHOSPHATES; TISSUE;

PHYTASE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER;

EID: 0042283955     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(03)00286-3     Document Type: Article

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