Characterization of three functional high-affinity ammonium transporters in Lotus japonicus with differential transcriptional regulation and spatial expression

Plant Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1763-1774

  D'Apuzzo, Enrica ^a   Rogato, Alessandra ^a   Simon Rosin, Ulrike ^b   El Alaoui, Hicham ^a,f   Barbulova, Ani ^a   Betti, Marco ^e   Dimou, Maria ^d   Katinakis, Panagiotis ^d   Marquez, Antonio ^e   Marini, Anne Marie ^c   Udvardi, Michael K ^b   Chiurazzi, Maurizio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^e Facultad de Quimica   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; GENES; NITROGEN FIXATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CELLULAR LOCALIZATION; TISSUE LOCALIZATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EMBRYOPHYTA; LOTUS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; LOTUS JAPONICUS; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 11144355522     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.034322     Document Type: Article

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