Nitrate uptake along the maize primary root: An integrated physiological and molecular approach

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1127-1140

  Sorgonà, Agostino ^a   Lupini, Antonio ^a   Mercati, Francesco ^a   Di Dio, Luigi ^a   Sunseri, Francesco ^a   Abenavoli, Maria Rosa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

MAH gene family; NRT2.1; Plasma membrane H+ ATPase; Root regions

Indexed keywords

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; NITRATE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ABSORPTION; BASAL AREA; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MAIZE; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITRATE; NUTRITION; PLASMA; PROTEIN; REACTION KINETICS; ROOT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; TIME;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; NITRATES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTON-TRANSLOCATING ATPASES; SEEDLING; TIME FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79958704904     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2011.02311.x     Document Type: Article

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