Characterization of three ammonium transporters of the Glomeromycotan fungus Geosiphon pyriformis

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1554-1562

  Ellerbeck, Matthias ^a   Schüßler, Arthur ^a   Brucker, David ^a   Dafinger, Claudia ^a,b   Loos, Friedemann ^a,c   Brachmann, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c University of Cologne ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GLOMEROMYCOTA; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLOMEROMYCOTA; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VACUOLES;

EID: 84886443771     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00139-13     Document Type: Article

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