Negative regulation of asparagine synthetase in the leaves of maize seedlings by light, benzyladenine and glucose

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-70

  Dembinski, Edward ^a   Wisniewska, Iwona ^a   Zebrowski, Jacek ^a   Raczynska Bojanowska, Konstancja ^a  

^a PLANT BREEDING AND ACCLIMATIZATION INSTITUTE NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Asparagine synthetase; Cytokinin; Light; Maize; Metabolic repression; Red far red; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030055242     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1996.tb00184.x     Document Type: Article

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