Cultivar variability of iron uptake mechanisms in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-30

  Pereira, Margarida P ^a   Santos, Carla ^a   Gomes, Ana ^a   Vasconcelos, Marta W ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bico Branco; Fe deficiency; Fe homeostasis; Nipponbare; Strategy I; Strategy II

Indexed keywords

FERRIC CITRATE IRON REDUCTASE; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; IRON; PIGMENT;

CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT ROOT; RICE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

FMN REDUCTASE; IRON; ORYZA SATIVA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT ROOTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84908265301     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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