Constitutive non-inducible expression of the Arabidopsis thaliana Nia 2 gene in two nitrate reductase mutants of Nicotiana Plumbaginifolia

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 953-964

  Kaye, Claudia ^a,c   Crawford, Nigel M ^b   Malmberg, Russell L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CIRAD   (France)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Nicotiana plumbagnifolia; nitrate reductase

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PLANT DNA; PLANT RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MUTATION; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; NITRATES; PLANTS, TOXIC; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; TOBACCO; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031127423     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005710407155     Document Type: Article

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