The nucleobase cation symporter 1 of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and that of the evolutionarily distant Arabidopsis thaliana display parallel function and establish a plant-specific solute transport profile

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 52-60

  Schein, Jessica R ^a   Hunt, Kevin A ^a   Minton, Janet A ^a   Schultes, Neil P ^b   Mourad, George S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydomonas; Nucleobase cation symporter 1; Purine; Pyrimidine; Transport

Indexed keywords

ALLANTOIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; NCS1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; NITROGEN; NUCLEOBASE TRANSPORTER; PURINE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOBASE CATION SYMPORTER 1; PLANT GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; NUCLEOBASE CATION SYMPORTER 1; PURINE; PYRIMIDINE; TRANSPORT;

ALLANTOIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NITROGEN; NUCLEOBASE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PURINES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ALGAE; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 84879434920     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.05.015     Document Type: Article

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