BASIC AMINO ACID CARRIER 2 gene expression modulates arginine and urea content and stress recovery in Arabidopsis leaves

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Planchais, Séverine ^a   Cabassa, Cécile ^a   Toka, Iman ^a   Justin, Anne Marie ^a   Renou, Jean Pierre ^b,c   Savouré, Arnould ^a   Carol, Pierre ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Universite d'Angers   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Arginine; Basic amino acid carrier; MCF; Mitochondria; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979774272     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00330     Document Type: Article

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