Silicon efflux transporters isolated from two pumpkin cultivars contrasting in Si uptake

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 991-994

  Mitani Ueno, Namiki ^a   Yamaji, Naoki ^a   Ma, Jian Feng ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bloom; Cucumber; Efflux transporter; Pumpkin; Silicon

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; HORDEUM; ZEA MAYS;

CARRIER PROTEIN; SILICON; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RICE; SQUASH; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CUCURBITA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; SILICON;

EID: 79959933554     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.6.7.15462     Document Type: Article

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