The molecular-genetics of nitrogen assimilation into amino acids in higher plants

Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 569-593

  Lam, H M ^a   Coschigano, K T ^a   Oliveira, I C ^a   Melo Oliveira, R ^a   Coruzzi, G M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asparagine; Aspartate; Gene regulation; Glutamate; Glutamine

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0000810275     PISSN: 10402519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.47.1.569     Document Type: Article

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