Functional characterization and expression analysis of a gene, OsENT2, encoding an equilibrative nucleoside transporter in rice suggest a function in cytokinin transport

Plant Physiology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 196-206

  Hirose, Naoya ^a   Makita, Nobue ^a   Yamaya, Tomoyuki ^a   Sakakibara, Hitoshi ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; CROPS; GROWTH KINETICS; PH;

CELL EXPRESSIONS; EXPRESSION ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWING PLANTS;

GENES;

AMINES; FARM CROPS; GENES; GROWTH RATE; PH;

MAMMALIA; ORYZA SATIVA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

ADENOSINE; EQUILIBRATIVE NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORTER; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; URIDINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADENOSINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; EQUILIBRATIVE NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; URIDINE;

EID: 27244455129     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.060137     Document Type: Article

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