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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Davenport R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4240445 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ionotropic glutamate receptors function in animals as glutamate-gated non-selective cation channels. Numerous glutamate receptor-like (GLR) genes have been identified in plant genomes, and plant GLRs are predicted, on the basis of sequence homology, to retain ligand-binding and ion channel activity. Non-selective cation channels are ubiquitous in plant membranes and may function in nutrient uptake, signalling and intra-plant transport. However, there is little evidence for amino acid gating of p ...[more]