Evolutionary classification of ammonium, nitrate, and peptide transporters in land plants

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Von Wittgenstein, Neil J J B ^a   Le, Cuong H ^a   Hawkins, Barbara J ^a   Ehlting, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ammonium transporter (AMT1 and AMT2); Gene family evolution; Nitrate transporter (NRT1 and NRT2); Peptide transporter (PTR)

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; AMMONIUM TRANSPORTERS, PLANT; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; NITRATE TRANSPORTERS; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE PERMEASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EMBRYOPHYTA; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NITRATES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS;

AMMONIUM; BRYOPHYTE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NITRATE; PEPTIDE; VASCULAR PLANT;

BRYOPHYTES; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84892459504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-11     Document Type: Article

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