Nitrate assimilation during the anaerobic germination of rice: Expression of ferredoxin-dependent glutamate synthase

Planta

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 74-78

  Mattana, Monica ^a   Coraggio, Immacolata ^a   Brambilla, Ida ^a   Bertani, Alcide ^a   Reggiani, Remo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Coleoptile; Glutamate synthase; Nitrate; Oryza

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; ORYZA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0001933420     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00196883     Document Type: Article

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