Nitrate foraging by Arabidopsis roots is mediated by the transcription factor TCP20 through the systemic signaling pathway

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 42, 2014, Pages 15267-15272

  Guan, Peizhu ^a,e   Wang, Rongchen ^a   Nacry, Philippe ^b   Breton, Ghislain ^c   Kay, Steve A ^d   Pruneda Paz, Jose L ^a   Davani, Ariea ^a   Crawford, Nigel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INRA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Nitrate; Root foraging; Systemic signaling; TCP20

Indexed keywords

DNA; NITRATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; TCP20 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORAGING; GENE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; ROOT GROWTH; TCP20 GENE; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOSYSTEM; ENHANCER REGION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMOZYGOTE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; SHOOT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ECOSYSTEM; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMOZYGOTE; MUTATION; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84908072097     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1411375111     Document Type: Article

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