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ReviewAnnals of botany2008

Cytosolic nitrate ion homeostasis: could it have a role in sensing nitrogen status?

Anthony J Miller, Susan J Smith

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Review in Annals of botany, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  2. The Maize ZmbHLH118 Transcription Factor Regulates Vacuolar Nitrate Loading by the NOAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  3. Homeostasis of ammonium and nitrate in plants.Quantitative plant biology · 2026
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  6. CoRa-A general approach for quantifying biological feedback control.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  7. Dynamic measurement of cytosolic pH and [NOProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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  8. Short-Term Response of CytosolicFrontiers in plant science · 2020
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  12. Putative Connections Between Nitrate ReductaseFrontiers in plant science · 2018
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  20. Review. CLC-mediated anion transport in plant cells.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2009
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Anthony J MillerCentre for Soils and Ecosystem Function, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, UK. tony.miller@bbsrc.ac.uk
Susan J Smith

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsquestion of whether homeostasis occurs for some nutrients and, if so, what are the consequences for how plants sense their nutrient status. Particularly for nitrate, this controversy has focused on the methods used and the cellular pools which they measure. Cytoplasm and cytosol have been distinguished and it has been suggested that two ranges of nitrate values can be separated depending on whether the method separates the pools found in organelles. SCOPE: The present study defines homeostasis of nutrient ions and discusses how whole organ averaging techniques can hide important cellular differences that can help to explain some of the discrepancies between results reported by various methods. These results are considered in relation to a possible role in signalling nutrient status, and have relevance to other averaging techniques such as the use of 'omics' technologies.

Indexed as

CytosolHomeostasisHordeumNitratesNitrogenSignal TransductionSoilNitratesNitrogenSoil

Identifiers

PMID18089584
PMCPMC2710192

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