Nitrogen metabolism in actinorhizal nodules of Alnus glutinosa: Expression of glutamine synthetase and acetylornithine transaminase

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1177-1184

  Guan, Changhui ^a   Ribeiro, Ana ^a   Akkermans, Antoon D L ^a   Jing, Yuxiang ^b   Van Kammen, Ab ^a   Bisseling, Ton ^a   Pawlowski, Katharina ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

acetylornithine transaminase; actinorhiza; Alnus glutinosa; glutamine synthetase; in situ hybridization; nitrogen metabolism; nodules; symbiotic nitrogen fixation

Indexed keywords

ALNUS GLUTINOSA;

EID: 0030452534     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00041403     Document Type: Article

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