Plant nitrate transporters: from gene function to application

J Exp Bot. 2017 May 1;68(10):2463-2475. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erx011.

Authors

Xiaorong Fan^{1

2}, Misbah Naz¹, Xiaoru Fan^{1

2}, Wei Xuan², Anthony J Miller³, Guohua Xu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Germplasm Enhancement, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
² Key Laboratory of Plant Nutrition and Fertilization in Lower-Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
³ Metabolic Biology Department, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park , Norwich NR4 7UH, UK.

PMID: 28158856
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx011

Abstract

We summarize nitrate transporters and discuss their potential in breeding for improved nitrogen use efficiency and yield.

Keywords: Crop; gene function; nitrate transporter; nitrogen use efficiency..

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Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anion Transport Proteins / genetics*
Anion Transport Proteins / metabolism
Crops, Agricultural / genetics*
Crops, Agricultural / metabolism
Nitrate Transporters
Nitrogen / metabolism*
Plant Breeding*
Plant Proteins / genetics*
Plant Proteins / metabolism
Plants / genetics*
Plants / metabolism

Substances

Anion Transport Proteins
Nitrate Transporters
Plant Proteins
Nitrogen

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