The feedback mechanism of nitrate inhibition of nitrogenase activity in soybean may involve asparagine and/or products of its metabolism

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 371-377

  Bacanamwo, Methode ^a   Harper, James E ^b  

^a Agronomy Dept   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Bradyrhizobium japonicum; Feedback regulation; Glycine max; Nitrogenase; Nodulation; Soybean

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031009378     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1000220.x     Document Type: Article

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