Regulation of Mo-cofactor, NADH- and NAD(P)H-specific nitrate reductase activities in the wild type and two nar-mutant lines of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 309, 1997, Pages 847-855

  Savidov, N A ^a,b   Tokarev, B I ^a   Lips, S H ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hordeum vulgare; Molybdenum cofactor; Mutants; Nitrate; Nitrate reductase

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGATE;

EID: 0030978879     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/48.4.847     Document Type: Article

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