Characterization of AMT-mediated high-affinity ammonium uptake in roots of maize (Zea mays L.)

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1515-1524

  Gu, Riliang ^a   Duan, Fengying ^a   An, Xia ^a   Zhang, Fusuo ^a   Von Wirén, Nicolaus ^b   Yuan, Lixing ^a  

^a MOE   (China)

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

Author keywords

AMT; High affinity ammonium uptake; Maize roots; Membrane transport; Nitrogen nutrition; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; AMMONIUM TRANSPORTERS, PLANT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMT; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH-AFFINITY AMMONIUM UPTAKE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAIZE; MAIZE ROOTS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NITROGEN NUTRITION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT ROOT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMT; HIGH-AFFINITY AMMONIUM UPTAKE; MAIZE ROOTS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NITROGEN NUTRITION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT EPIDERMIS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOSPHERE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84887934896     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pct099     Document Type: Article

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