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Functional characterization of an ammonium transporter gene from Lotus japonicus.
Gene - 30 May 2001
Salvemini F, Marini A, Riccio A, Patriarca E J, Chiurazzi M
Abstract excerpt
NH(4)(+) is the main product of symbiotic nitrogen fixation and the external concentration of combined nitrogen plays a key regulatory role in all the different step of plant-rhizobia interaction. We report the cloning and characterization of the first member of the ammonium transporter family, LjAMT1;1 from a leguminous plant, Lotus japonicus. Sequence analysis reveals a close relationship to plant transporters...
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