Glutamate receptor homologs in plants: Functions and evolutionary origins

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2012, Pages

  Price, Michelle Beth ^a   Jelesko, John ^a   Okumoto, Sakiko ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Calcium ion; Glutamate; Ligand gated channel; Membrane protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886750809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00235     Document Type: Review

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