Chemotaxis to ammonium/methylammonium in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: The role of transport systems for ammonium/methylammonium

Planta

Volumn 226, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1323-1332

  Ermilova, Elena V ^a   Nikitin, Maxim M ^a   Fernández, Emilio ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammonium transporter; Chemotaxis; Chlamydomonas

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHEMOTAXIS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYTA;

EID: 34548525026     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-007-0568-1     Document Type: Article

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