The Nitrate Transporter MtNPF6.8 (MtNRT1.3) transports abscisic acid and mediates nitrate regulation of primary root growth in Medicago Truncatula

Plant Physiology

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2152-2165

  Pellizzaro, Anthoni ^a,c   Clochard, Thibault ^a,c   Cukier, Caroline ^a,c   Bourdin, Céline ^b   Juchaux, Marjorie ^a   Montrichard, Françoise ^a,c   Thany, Steeve ^b   Raymond, Valérie ^b   Planchet, Elisabeth ^a,c   Limami, Anis M ^a,c   Morère Le Paven, Marie Christine ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^c Universite d'Angers   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

ABSCISIC ACID; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE TRANSPORTERS; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; PLANT PROTEIN;

BARREL MEDIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT; REPORTER GENE; SHOOT; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ABSCISIC ACID; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REPORTER; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 84914146004     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.250811     Document Type: Article

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