Ammonium can stimulate nitrate and nitrite reductase in the absence of nitrate in Clematis vitalba

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 859-866

  Bungard, R A ^a   Wingler, A ^a   Morton, J D ^b   Andrews, M ^c   Press, M C ^a   Scholes, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Clematis vitalba; Glutamine synthetase; Nitrate; Nitrate reductase; Nitrite reductase; Nitrogen; PH

Indexed keywords

CLEMATIS VITALBA;

EID: 0032807979     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1999.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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