Purification and properties of a cytosolic glutamine synthetase expressed in Nicotiana plumbaginifolia cultured cells

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 201-207

  Forlani, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ammonia assimilation; Cultured cells; Glutamine synthetase isoenzymes; Nicotiana plumbaginifolia; Subunit composition GS( 1, 2), glutamine synthetase (cytosolic, plastidial)

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA PLUMBAGINIFOLIA;

EID: 0034115432     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(00)00732-4     Document Type: Article

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