The Arabidopsis nitrate transporter NRT1.7, expressed in phloem, is responsible for source-to-sink remobilization of nitrate

Plant Cell

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2750-2761

  Fan, Shu Chun ^a,b   Lin, Choun Sea ^b,c   Hsu, Po Kai ^a,b   Lin, Shan Hua ^b   Tsay, Yi Fang ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 70849136324     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.067603     Document Type: Article

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