Functional, structural and phylogenetic analysis of domains underlying the Al sensitivity of the aluminum-activated malate/anion transporter, TaALMT1

Plant Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 766-780

  Ligaba, Ayalew ^a,d   Dreyer, Ingo ^b   Margaryan, Armine ^c   Schneider, David J ^a   Kochian, Leon ^a   Piñeros, Miguel ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

^d DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aluminum tolerance; anion channel; electrophysiology; organic acid anion; TaALMT1; Triticum aestivum; wheat; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM TOLERANCE; ANION CHANNELS; ORGANIC ACID ANIONS; TAALMT1; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; WHEAT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACIDS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IONS; PROTEINS;

ALUMINUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALUMINUM; ANION CHANNEL; MALIC ACID; MALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALUMINUM TOLERANCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; ORGANIC ACID ANION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TAALMT1; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; WHEAT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALUMINUM TOLERANCE; ANION CHANNEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ORGANIC ACID ANION; TAALMT1; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; WHEAT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALUMINUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; MALATES; OOCYTES; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; SEQUENCE DELETION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRITICUM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84889081745     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12332     Document Type: Article

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