Phenotypic Analysis of Medicago truncatula NPF1.7 Over-Expressing Plants Grown under Different Nitrate Conditions
Description:
Plants have many nitrate transporters; in the model legume Medicago truncatula, MtNPF1.7 is among them. MtNPF1.7 is important for M. truncatula growth and it has been established that MtNPF1.7 is a high affinity nitrate transporter. M. truncatula plants with mutations in MtNPF1.7 gene show defects during plants growth, with striking abnormalities in nodule development and root architecture. Nitrogen fixation is an energy expensive process; when legumes have sufficient bioavailable nitrogen like…
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Date:
December 2017
Creator:
Cai, Jingya