Does root glutamine synthetase control plant biomass production in Lotus japonicus L.?

Planta

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 495-502

  Limami, Anis ^a   Phillipson, Belinda ^a   Ameziane, Rafiqa ^a   Pernollet, Nicolas ^a   Jiang, Qunji ^b   Roy, Roselyne ^a   Deleens, Eliane ^c   Chaumont Bonnet, Muriel ^a   Gresshoff, Peter M ^b   Hirel, Bertrand ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCES PARIS SACLAY IPS2   (France)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Glutamine synthetase; Lotus (N metabolism); Nitrate uptake; Recombinant inbred lines; Transgenic plant (Lotus)

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH;

LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; LOTUS JAPONICUS;

EID: 0032699881     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050753     Document Type: Article

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