Molecular Mechanisms and Regulation of K+ Transport in Higher Plants

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2003, Pages 575-603

  Véry, Anne Aliénor ^a   Sentenac, Hervé ^a  

^a INRA   (France)

Author keywords

K+ channel; K+ transporter; Plant K+ nutrition; Potassium homeostasis; Shaker

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA;

POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 2942572321     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.54.031902.134831     Document Type: Review

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