Nitrate signaling: Adaptation to fluctuating environments

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-272

  Krouk, Gabriel ^a,b   Crawford, Nigel M ^c   Coruzzi, Gloria M ^a   Tsay, Yi Fang ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c SECTION OF CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; NITRATES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77955891592     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2009.12.003     Document Type: Review

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