Molecular and physiological aspects of nitrate uptake in plants

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 389-395

  Crawford, Nigel M ^a   Glass, Anthony D M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 0031707149     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(98)01311-9     Document Type: Review

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