Evolutionary relationships and functional diversity of plant sulfate transporters

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 2, Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  Takahashi, Hideki ^a   Buchner, Peter ^b   Yoshimoto, Naoko ^c   Hawkesford, Malcolm J ^b   Shiu, Shin Han ^d  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Plant; Sulfate; Transporter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875131192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00119     Document Type: Review

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