University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Nitrate carrier induction and characterization in maize root plasma membrane using chlorate-36 as a radiotracer analog for nitrate
Abstract
dc:descriptionPrevious studies with intact maize plants have shown an apparent induction of nitrate uptake capacity when plants are transferred to a nitrate containing nutrient solution. Whether this phenomenon reflects a change in nitrate carrier activity at the membrane level or an effect of nitrate metabolism has not been determined as yet due to the complexity of investigating nitrate transport with intact tissue. The use of a membrane vesicle approach has also been limited by the time associated with conventional membrane isolation methods. In this study, an improved plasma membrane isolation method was developed and made it possible to investigate plasma membrane nitrate carrier activity at the membrane level.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Crop Sciences
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Lu, Qin
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Briskin, Donald P.
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright 1992 Lu, Qin
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
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AAI9236526
(UMI)AAI9236526 - OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/22116