Tissue-specific down-regulation of LjAMT1;1 compromises nodule function and enhances nodulation in Lotus japonicus

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 585-595

  Rogato, Alessandra ^a   D'Apuzzo, Enrica ^a   Barbulova, Ani ^a   Omrane, Selim ^a   Stedel, Catalina ^c   Simon Rosin, Ulrike ^b   Katinakis, Panagiotis ^c   Flemetakis, Manolis ^c   Udvardi, Michael ^b,d   Chiurazzi, Maurizio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium transport; Nitrogen fixation; Nodule; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOTUS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DOWN-REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOTUS; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS;

EID: 54849441205     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-008-9394-5     Document Type: Article

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