Not all ALMT1-type transporters mediate aluminum-activated organic acid responses: The case of ZmALMT1 - An anion-selective transporter

Plant Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 352-367

  Piñeros, Miguel A ^b   Cançado, Geraldo M A ^a,c   Maron, Lyza G ^b   Lyi, Sangbom M ^b   Menossi, Marcelo ^c   Kochian, Leon V ^b  

^a EMPRESA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUÁRIA DE MINAS GERAIS EPAMIG   (Brazil)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ALMT; Aluminum tolerance; Aluminum toxicity; Root exudates; Transporter protein; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ALMT; ALUMINUM TOLERANCE; ALUMINUM TOXICITY; ROOT EXUDATES; TRANSPORTER PROTEIN; ZEA MAYS;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CHELATION; GENES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALUMINUM;

ALMT1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ALUMINUM; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; ION TRANSPORT; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OOCYTE; PLANT ROOT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALUMINUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HOMEOSTASIS; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEA MAYS;

ARABIDOPSIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 37749035651     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03344.x     Document Type: Article

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