Isolation and characterization of two cDNA clones encoding for glutamate dehydrogenase in Nicotiana plumbaginifolia

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 339-342

  Ficarelli, Antonella ^a   Tassi, Franceses ^a   Restivo, Francesco Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon starvation; cDNA cloning; Glutamate dehydrogenase (EC 1.4.1.2); Nicotiana plumbaginifolia

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA ISOLATION; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; NICOTIANA PLUMBAGINIFOLIA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0033103365     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029547     Document Type: Article

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