Increased protein content in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana over- expressing nitrate reductase activity

Plant Science

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-49

  Nejidat, Ali ^a   Zhang, Genfa ^a   Grinberg, Michal ^a   Heimer, Yair M ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Chimeric gene; Nitrate; Nitrate reductase; Over expression; Protein content

Indexed keywords

NITRATE REDUCTASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0031555282     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(97)00203-3     Document Type: Article

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