Effects of glutamine on the induction of nitrate reductase and nitrite reductase in cultured spinach cells

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-50

  Ogawa, Kyoko ^a   Shiraishi, Naomasa ^c   Ida, Shoji ^b   Nakagawa, Hiroki ^c   Komamine, Atsushi ^a  

^a JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glutamine repression; Nitrate reductase; Nitrite reductase; Spinacia oleracea

Indexed keywords

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0033042639     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(99)80316-2     Document Type: Article

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