Transport of boron by the tassel-less1 aquaporin is critical for vegetative and reproductive development in maize

Plant Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2978-2995

  Durbak, Amanda R ^a   Phillips, Kimberly A ^b,f   Pike, Sharon ^a   O'Neill, Malcolm A ^c   Mares, Jonathan ^d   Gallavotti, Andrea ^e   Malcomber, Simon T ^d,g   Gassmann, Walter ^a   McSteen, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f DuPont Pioneer   (United States)

^g NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN; BORIC ACID; BORON; PLANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CELL WALL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOSTASIS; INFLORESCENCE; MAIZE; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SHOOT; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BORATES; BORON; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEOSTASIS; INFLORESCENCE; MERISTEM; MUTATION; OOCYTES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REPRODUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84907325344     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.125898     Document Type: Article

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