Evidence for a role for L-proline as a salinity protectant in the cyanobacterium Nostoc muscorum

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 490-494

  Singh, A K ^a   Chakravarthy, D ^a   Singh, T P K ^a   Singh, H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Cyanobacterium; Diazotrophy; L azetidine 2 carboxylate resistance; Mutation; Nostoc muscorum; Proline accumulation; Proline oxidase; Salinity tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030066032     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1996.tb00342.x     Document Type: Article

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