Molecular Basis and Regulation of Ammonium Transporter in Rice

Rice Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 314-322

  LI, Bao zhen ^a   MERRICK, Mike ^b   LI, Su mei ^a   LI, Hong ying ^a   ZHU, Shu wen ^a   SHI, Wei ming ^a   SU, Yan hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ammonium transporter; expression regulation; phosphorylation site; rice

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549094965     PISSN: 16726308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6308(08)60096-7     Document Type: Article

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