Functional expression of two pine glutamine synthetase genes in bacteria reveals that they encode cytosolic holoenzymes with different molecular and catalytic properties

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 802-809

  De la Torre, Fernando ^a   García Gutiérrez, Angel ^a   Crespillo, Remedios ^a   Cantón, Francisco R ^a   Ávila, Concepción ^a   Cánovas, Francisco M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conifers; Negative cooperativity; Nitrogen metabolism; Pinus; Recombinant isoenzymes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CONIFEROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036345972     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcf094     Document Type: Article

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