Different transport mechanisms in plant and human AMT/Rh-type ammonium transporters

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 133-144

  Mayer, Maria ^a   Schaaf, Gabriel ^a   Mouro, Isabelle ^b   Lopez, Claude ^b   Colin, Yves ^b   Neumann, Petra ^a   Cartron, Jean Pierre ^b   Ludewig, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA TRANSFUSION SANGUINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; AMMONIA; CATION; GLYCOPROTEIN; METHYLAMMONIUM;

ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TOMATO; XENOPUS; YEAST;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ION TRANSPORT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; METHYLAMINES; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PLANT PROTEINS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; XENOPUS;

EID: 31744432898     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200509369     Document Type: Article

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