Transporters involved in source to sink partitioning of amino acids and ureides: Opportunities for crop improvement

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1865-1878

  Tegeder, Mechthild ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

allantoic acid; Allantoin; amino acid and ureide transporters; biomass production; genetic manipulation; metabolism; nitrogen fixation and assimilation; nitrogen use efficiency; nutritional quality; photosynthesis; plant defence; root uptake; seed loading; source and sink transport.

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; NITROGEN; UREA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; FABACEAE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHLOEM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; XYLEM;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FABACEAE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NITROGEN; PHLOEM; PLANT PROTEINS; UREA; XYLEM;

EID: 84898887642     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru012     Document Type: Review

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