Post-flowering nitrate uptake in wheat is controlled by N Status at Flowering, with a putative major role of root nitrate transporter NRT2.1

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Taulemesse, François ^a,b,c   Le Gouis, Jacques ^a,b   Gouache, David ^c   Gibon, Yves ^d   Allard, Vincent ^a,b  

^a Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^c ARVALIS Institut du Vegetal   (France)

^d Univ Bordeaux   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE TRANSPORTER; NITROGEN 15; NRT2.1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; NITRATE TRANSPORTERS; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; PLANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAIN YIELD; HYDROPONICS; ISOTOPE LABELING; NITRATE UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TANRT2.1 GENE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; BIOMASS; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOMASS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84925743652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120291     Document Type: Article

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