Glutamine synthetase polypeptides in the roots of 55 legume species in relation to their climatic origin and the partitioning of nitrate assimilation

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 848-858

  Woodall, J ^a,b   Forde, B G ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evolution; Glutamine synthetase; Leguminosae; Nitrate assimilation; Nitrate reductase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001410322     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1996.tb00421.x     Document Type: Article

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