Knockout of Multiple Arabidopsis Cation/H+ Exchangers Suggests Isoform-Specific Roles in Metal Stress Response, Germination and Seed Mineral Nutrition

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Connorton, James M ^a,c   Webster, Rachel E ^a   Cheng, Ninghui ^b   Pittman, Jon K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Vegetale Grenoble   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; CAX1 GENE; CAX2 GENE; CAX3 GENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GERMINATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT NUTRITION; PLANT SEED; PLANT STRESS; WILD TYPE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIPORTERS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CHLOROPHYLL; DNA PRIMERS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GERMINATION; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84867436497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047455     Document Type: Article

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