The membrane topology of ALMT1, an aluminum-activated malate transport protein in wheat (Triticum aestivum)

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 467-472

  Motoda, Hirotoshi ^a   Sasaki, Takayuki ^a   Kano, Yoshio ^b   Ryan, Peter R ^c   Delhaize, Emmanuel ^c   Matsumoto, Hideaki ^a   Yamamoto, Yoko ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KIBI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

ALMT1; Aluminum resistance; Immunofluorescent staining; Malate transporter; Topology; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 37749015932     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.2.6.4801     Document Type: Article

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