Deciphering the molecular basis of ammonium uptake and transport in maritime pine

Plant Cell and Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1669-1682

  Castro Rodríguez, Vanessa ^a   Assaf Casals, Iman ^a   Pérez Tienda, Jacob ^a   Fan, Xiaorong ^b   Avila, Concepción ^a   Miller, Anthony ^b   Cánovas, Francisco M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMT; conifers; nitrogen uptake; Pinus pinaster

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COMMON ANCESTRY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GENE EXPRESSION; GYMNOSPERM; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MYCORRHIZA; NITROGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; REACTION KINETICS; ROOT SYSTEM; STARVATION; YEAST;

CONIFEROPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; PINUS PINASTER;

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; AMMONIUM TRANSPORTERS, PLANT; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEIN; PLANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; LACCARIA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; PLANT ROOT; XENOPUS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LACCARIA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PINUS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; XENOPUS;

EID: 84958824502     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12692     Document Type: Article

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