Nitrite transport activity of a novel HPP family protein conserved in cyanobacteria and chloroplasts

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1311-1324

  Maeda, Shin Ichi ^a,b   Konishi, Mineko ^c   Yanagisawa, Shuichi ^c   Omata, Tatsuo ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Cyanobacteria; Nitrate inducible; Nitrite; Transporter

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; AT3G47980 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; AT5G62720 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHLOROPLAST PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRITE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPLAST; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PROTEOMICS; REPORTER GENE; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNECHOCOCCUS; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLOROPLAST PROTEINS; CHLOROPLASTS; GENES, REPORTER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITRATES; NITRITES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEOMICS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEEDLING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 84903996331     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu075     Document Type: Article

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