Loci controlling nitrate reductase activity in maize: Ultraviolet-B signaling in aerial tissues increases nitrate reductase activity in leaf and root when responsive alleles are present

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 334-341

  Morrison, Kristin M ^a,b   Simmons, Susan J ^a   Stapleton, Ann E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALLELES; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78349262334     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: 13993054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2010.01406.x     Document Type: Article

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