Transcriptional regulation of phosphate acquisition by higher plants

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 3207-3224

  Jain, Ajay ^a   Nagarajan, Vinay K ^b   Raghothama, Kashchandra G ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobilization; Model plants; Pi acquisition; Pi deficiency; Pi deficiency responses; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; PHYTOHORMONE; SUGAR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTATION; ORYZA SATIVA; PHOSPHATES; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84866429390     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1090-6     Document Type: Review

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