The Pht1;9 and Pht1;8 transporters mediate inorganic phosphate acquisition by the Arabidopsis thaliana root during phosphorus starvation

New Phytologist

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 356-371

  Remy, E ^a   Cabrito, T R ^b   Batista, R A ^a   Teixeira, M C ^b   Sa Correia I ^b   Duque, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Arsenate toxicity; Phosphate starvation; Phosphate transporter; Plasma membrane; Root branching; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE PROTON COTRANSPORTER; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORTER; PHOSPHORUS; PHT1;8 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PHT1;9 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARSENATE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HERB; HYDROGEN; ION; MEMBRANE; PHOSPHATE (INORGANIC); PHOSPHORUS; PLASMA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; ROOT; TOLERANCE; TOXICITY; YEAST;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PLANT ROOT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ARSENATES; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTON-PHOSPHATE SYMPORTERS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84862537978     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04167.x     Document Type: Article

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