A soluble guanylate cyclase mediates negative signaling by ammonium on expression of nitrate reductase in Chlamydomonas

Plant Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1532-1548

  de Montaigu, Amaury ^a,b   Sanz Luque, Emanuel ^a   Galván, Aurora ^a   Fernández, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

1H-(1,2,4)OXADIAZOLO(4,3-A)QUINOXALIN-1-ONE; 2-PHENYL-4,4,5,5-TETRAMETHYLIMIDAZOLINE-1-OXYL-3-OXIDE; 6-ANILINO-5,8-QUINOLINEDIONE; AMINE OXIDE; AMINOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CELL RECEPTOR; CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; OXADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; SOLUBLE GUANYLYL CYCLASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINOQUINOLINES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; IMIDAZOLES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; OXADIAZOLES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; QUINOXALINES; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77954414665     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.062380     Document Type: Article

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