Regulation of nitrogen fixation in infected cells of leguminous root nodules in relation to O2 supply

Plant and Soil

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 189-203

  Bergersen, F J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteroids; Leghaemoglobin; Mitochondria; Nitrogenase; Oxygen; Pro plastids; Regula tion; Respiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030754335     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004236922993     Document Type: Article

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