Competition between uptake of ammonium and potassium in barley and arabidopsis roots: Molecular mechanisms and physiological consequences

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2303-2315

  Hoopen, Floor Ten ^a   Cuin, Tracey Ann ^b   Pedas, Pai ^a   Hegelund, Josefine N ^a   Shabala, Sergey ^b   Schjoerring, Jan K ^a   Jahn, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ammonium toxicity; Arabidopsis; Barley; Competition; Gadolinium; Potassium nutrition; Tetraethyl ammonium

Indexed keywords

CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BARLEY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HORDEUM; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; POTASSIUM; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 77953005727     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq057     Document Type: Article

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