Allosteric regulation of transport activity by heterotrimerization of Arabidopsis ammonium transporter complexes in vivo

Plant Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 974-984

  Yuan, Lixing ^a   Gu, Riliang ^a   Xuan, Yuanhu ^b   Smith Valle, Erika ^b   Loqué, Dominique ^b,c   Frommer, Wolf B ^b   von Wirén, Nicolaus ^a,d  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84876769845     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.108027     Document Type: Article

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