Effect of UV-B on enzymes of nitrogen metabolism in the cyanobacterium Nostoc calcicola

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 86-91

  Kumar, Ashok ^a,b   Sinha, Rajeshwar P ^a,b   Häder, Donat P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

14CO2 uptake; Cyanobacteria; Glutamine synthetase; Nitrate reductase; Nitrogenase; Nostoc; Ultraviolet B

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002486963     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(96)80298-7     Document Type: Article

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