Ammonium stress in Arabidopsis: Signaling, genetic loci, and physiological targets

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 107-114

  Li, Baohai ^a   Li, Guangjie ^a   Kronzucker, Herbert J ^b   Baluška, František ^c   Shi, Weiming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonium toxicity; Molecular components; Physiological behavior; Signaling location and response

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIUM TOXICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR COMPONENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIGNALING LOCATION AND RESPONSE;

AMMONIUM TOXICITY; MOLECULAR COMPONENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING LOCATION AND RESPONSE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC LOCI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84893653132     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.09.004     Document Type: Review

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