Three rice nicotianamine synthase genes, OsNAS1, OsNAS2, and OsNAS3 are expressed in cells involved in long-distance transport of iron and differentially regulated by iron

Plant Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 366-381

  Inoue, Haruhiko ^a   Higuchi, Kyoko ^a,c   Takahashi, Michiko ^a   Nakanishi, Hiromi ^a   Mori, Satoshi ^a   Nishizawa, Naoko K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Companion cells; Fe deficiency; Long distance transport; Motor cells; Mugineic acid family phytosiderophores; Nicotianamine synthase

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; CROPS; ENZYMES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHELATORS;

GENES;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GLUCURONIDASE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IRON; ISOENZYMES; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESTRICTION MAPPING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0345393261     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2003.01878.x     Document Type: Article

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