Regulatory levels for the transport of ammonium in plant roots

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 401, 2004, Pages 1293-1305

  Loqué, Dominique ^a   Von Wirén, Nicolaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonium; AMT; Plant; Regulation; Transport; Uptake

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; FUNCTIONS; MEMBRANES; PLASMAS;

CATABOLIC PROCESSES; HOMEOSTATIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMMONIUM TRANSPORTERS, PLANT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT;

CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 2942638465     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh147     Document Type: Conference Paper

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