Distinct roles of nitrate and nitrite in regulation of expression of the nitrate transport genes in the moss Physcomitrella patens

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 484-497

  Tsujimoto, Ryoma ^a   Yamazaki, Hidemasa ^a   Maeda, Shin Ichi ^a   Omata, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Moss; Nitrate transporter; Physcomitrella patens

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLUTAMINE; NITRATE; NITRATE TRANSPORTERS; NITRITE; PLANT DNA; PRIMER DNA; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRYOPSIDA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRYOPSIDA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUTAMINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITRATES; NITRITES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 34249730967     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcm019     Document Type: Article

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