Nitrate signaling by the regulatory gene NIT2 in Chlamydomonas

Plant Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3491-3503

  Camargo, Antonio ^a   Llamas, Ángel ^a   Schnell, Rogene A ^b   Higuera, José J ^a   González Ballester, David ^a,c   Lefebvre, Paul A ^b   Fernández, Emilio ^a   Galván, Aurora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA SEQUENCES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ASSIMILATION PATHWAY; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; SPECIFIC REGULATORY GENE NIT2;

NITRATES;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI;

EID: 37849049381     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.045922     Document Type: Article

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