Distinct expression and function of three ammonium transporter genes (OsAMT1;1 - 1;3) in rice

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 726-734

  Sonoda, Yutaka ^a   Ikeda, Akira ^a,b   Saiki, Satomi ^c   Von Wirén, Nicolaus ^c   Yamaya, Tomoyuki ^d,e   Yamaguchi, Junji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonium regulation; Ammonium uptake; AMT1; In situ hybridization; Oryza sativa; Yeast complementation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; ORYZA SATIVA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0043198780     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg083     Document Type: Article

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