A holistic view of nitrogen acquisition in plants

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1455-1466

  Kraiser, Tatiana ^a   Gras, Diana E ^a   Gutiérrez, Alvaro G ^b   González, Bernardo ^c   Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A ^a  

^a Center for Genome Regulation   (Chile)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bacteria; nitrogen; nitrogen acquisition; plants

Indexed keywords

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; NITRATE TRANSPORTERS; NITROGEN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; SOIL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SOIL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79551690782     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq425     Document Type: Review

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