Aberrant gene expression in the Arabidopsis SULTR1;2 mutants suggests a possible regulatory role for this sulfate transporter in response to sulfur nutrient status

Plant Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 185-197

  Zhang, Bo ^a   Pasini, Rita ^b   Dan, Hanbin ^a,c   Joshi, Naveen ^b   Zhao, Yihong ^d   Leustek, Thomas ^b   Zheng, Zhi Liang ^a,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; sulfate transporter; sulfur sensor; SULTR1; 2; transceptor

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; SULFATE TRANSPORTER; SULFUR SENSORS; SULTR1 2; TRANSCEPTOR;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMOLECULES; DNA SEQUENCES; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLITES; NUTRIENTS; SENSORS; SULFUR;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; SULFUR; SULTR1;2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUTATHIONE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SULFUR;

EID: 84892364567     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12376     Document Type: Article

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