High content of cytosolic glutamine synthetase does not accompany a high activity of the enzyme in rice (Oryza sativa) leaves of indica cultivars

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-18

  Obara, Mitsuhiro ^a   Sato, Tadashi ^a   Yamaya, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE (NADH); PLANT LEAF;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0033999597     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.2000.108001011.x     Document Type: Article

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