Ammonium assimilation in bryophytes. L-glutamine synthetase from Sphagnum fallax

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-92

  Kahl, Stefan ^a   Gerendás, Jóska ^a   Heeschen, Volker ^a   Katcliffe, R George ^b   Rudolph, Hansjörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

15N NMR; Bryophytes; Compartmentalization; Isoenzymes; L glutamine synthetase; Purification; Sphagnum fallax

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMMONIUM ASSIMILATION; DORMANCY; GEL FILTRATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOENZYME; METHIONINE SULFOXIMINE;

SPHAGNUM FALLAX;

EID: 0031398030     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1010112.x     Document Type: Article

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