Ethylene negatively regulates aluminium-induced malate efflux from wheat roots and tobacco cells transformed with TaALMT1

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2415-2426

  Tian, Qiuying ^a   Zhang, Xinxin ^a,d   Ramesh, Sunita ^b   Gilliham, Matthew ^b   Tyerman, Stephen D ^b   Zhang, Wen Hao ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

ALMT1; aluminium tolerance; Ethylene; malate efflux; wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Indexed keywords

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

DOWN REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

ALUMINUM; DOWN-REGULATION; ETHYLENES; MALATES; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRITICUM;

EID: 84901419553     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru123     Document Type: Article

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