Expression of an Arabidopsis Aspartate Kinase/Homoserine Dehydrogenase Gene Is Metabolically Regulated by Photosynthesis-Related Signals but Not by Nitrogenous Compounds

Plant Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1023-1028

  Zhu Shimoni, Judith X ^a   Galili, Gad ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 0000294797     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.116.3.1023     Document Type: Article

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