Plant ureases: Roles and regulation

Acta Biochimica Polonica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1189-1195

  Sirko, Agnieszka ^a   Brodzik, Robert ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Nickel; Nitrogen metabolism; Plants; Urea; Urease activity

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; UREA; UREASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ENZYME ACTIVATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NICKEL; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; UREA; UREASE;

EID: 0034585129     PISSN: 0001527X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18388/abp.2000_3972     Document Type: Review

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