A 150kDa plasma membrane complex of AtNRT2.5 and AtNAR2.1 is the major contributor to constitutive high-affinity nitrate influx in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Cell and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1490-1502

  Kotur, Zorica ^a   Glass, Anthony D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

High affinity nitrate transport; Inducible; NAR2.1; NRT2.5

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLASMA;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; NAR2.1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; NRT2.5 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; T-DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROPONICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTATION; NATIVE POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOT; SHOOT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROPONICS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; NATIVE POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NITRATES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS;

EID: 84936817061     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12496     Document Type: Article

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