Superoxide dismutase, catalase and nitrogenase activities of symbiotic Frankia (Alnus incana) in response to different oxygen tensions

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 286-292

  Alskog, Gunnar ^a   Huss Danell, Kerstin ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alder; Alnus; catalase; Frankia; nitrogen fixation; oxygen; superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; ALNUS INCANA; AZOTOBACTER VINELANDII; BETULACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRANKIA;

EID: 0031043607     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.990211.x     Document Type: Article

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