Cloning and inactivation of genes encoding ferredoxin- and NADH-dependent glutamate synthases in the cyanobacterium Plectonema boryanum. Imbalances in nitrogen and carbon assimilations caused by deficiency of the ferredoxin-dependent enzyme

Plant Physiology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-41

  Okuhara, Hiroaki ^a   Matsumura, Tomohiro ^a,b   Fujita, Yuichi ^a   Hase, Toshiharu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLONED GENE; FERREDOXIN DEPENDENT GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GENE TARGETING; MUTAGENESIS; NADH DEPENDENT GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LEPTOLYNGBYA BORYANA; PLECTONEMA; PLECTONEMA BORYANUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032840248     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.120.1.33     Document Type: Article

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