An investigation of N metabolism and pH regulation in Sphagnum using in vivo nuclear magnetic resonance and stable isotope mass spectrometry

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-29

  Gerendas J ^a   Heeschen, V ^a   Kahl, S ^a   Ratcliffe, R G ^b   Rudolph, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

15N NMR; 31p NMR; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Glutamate synthase; Glutamine synthetase; In vivo experiments; Isotope ratio mass spectrometry; N metabolism; pH regulation; Sphagnum

Indexed keywords

SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM FLEXUOSUM;

EID: 0011475180     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256019808036355     Document Type: Article

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