Amino acid export in plants: A missing link in nitrogen cycling

Molecular Plant

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 453-463

  Okumoto, Sakiko ^a   Pilot, Guillaume ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

amino acids; membrane transport; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957502943     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssr003     Document Type: Review

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