Metabolism of amino acids in germinating yellow lupine seeds. I. The decomposition of14C-aspartate and14C-glutamate during the imbibition

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-18

  Ratajczak, Wiktoria ^a   Lehmann, Teresa ^a   Polcyn, Władysław ^a   Ramjczak, Lech ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aminotransferases; Aspartate; ATP synthesis; Glutamate; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Lupinus luteus; Respiration; Seed imbibition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003108464     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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