Delivery of N2 to bacteroids in simulated soybean nodule cells: Consideration of gradients of concentration of dissolved N2 in cell walls, cytoplasm, and symbiosomes

Protoplasma

Volumn 206, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 137-142

  Bergersen, F J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Intercellular spaces; Nitrogen; Nitrogen fixation; Oxygen; Symbiosomes

Indexed keywords

CELL WALL; CYTOPLASM; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULE; OXYGENATION; SOYBEAN;

EID: 0032441911     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01279260     Document Type: Article

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