The nitrate-inducible NAC transcription factor TaNAC2-5A controls nitrate response and increases wheat yield

Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1991-2005

  He, Xue ^a   Qu, Baoyuan ^a   Li, Wenjing ^a   Zhao, Xueqiang ^a   Teng, Wan ^a   Ma, Wenying ^a   Ren, Yongzhe ^b   Li, Bin ^a   Li, Zhensheng ^a   Tong, Yiping ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; FERTILIZER; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NITRATE TRANSPORTERS; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; CROP; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; SHOOT; WHEAT;

ANION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ARABIDOPSIS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FERTILIZERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84946234544     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00568     Document Type: Article

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