The expression of the tobacco genes encoding plastidic glutamine synthetase or ferredoxin-dependent glutamate synthase does not depend on the rate of nitrate reduction, and is unaffected by suppression of photorespiration

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 311, 1997, Pages 1175-1184

  Migge, Andrea ^a   Carrayol, Elisa ^b   Kunz, Caroline ^b   Hirel, Bertrand ^b   Fock, Heinrich ^c   Becker, Thomas ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glutamate synthase; Glutamine synthetase; Nicotiana tabacum L.; Nitrate reductase; Nitrite reductase

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0030741035     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/48.6.1175     Document Type: Article

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