Induction of nitrate uptake in maize roots: Expression of a putative high-affinity nitrate transporter and plasma membrane H+-ATPase isoforms

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 389, 2003, Pages 1851-1864

  Santi, Simonetta ^a   Locci, Geraldine ^a   Monte, Rossella ^a   Pinton, Roberto ^a   Varanini, Zeno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gene expression; H+ ATPase; Maize roots; Nitrate transporter; Nitrate uptake; Plasma membrane

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; ENZYME KINETICS; GENES; HYDROLYSIS; NITRATES;

GENETIC SEQUENCING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ISOPROTEIN; NITRATE; NITRATE TRANSPORTERS; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; ZEA MAYS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0043207307     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg208     Document Type: Article

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