Molecular mechanisms of ammonium transport and accumulation in plants

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2301-2308

  Ludewig, Uwe ^a   Neuhäuser, Benjamin ^a   Dynowski, Marek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonia toxicity; Gas channel; Nitrogen; Rhesus glycoprotein

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITROGEN;

AMMONIUM UPTAKE; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOLOGY; HIGHER PLANT; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GENES, PLANT; HUMANS; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMBRYOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34248163434     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.03.034     Document Type: Short Survey

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