Transgenic tomato overexpressing ath-miR399d has enhanced phosphorus accumulation through increased acid phosphatase and proton secretion as well as phosphate transporters

Plant and Soil

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-136

  Gao, Nan ^a   Su, Yanhua ^a   Min, Ju ^a   Shen, Weishou ^b   Shi, Weiming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acid phosphatases; Agricultural soil; Arabidopsis thaliana; microRNA399; Phosphate transporter; Phosphorus acquisition; Proton secretion; Solanum lycopersicum

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOACCUMULATION; DICOTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; PHOSPHORUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM;

EID: 77955846645     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0219-3     Document Type: Article

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