Genetic and physiological analysis of germination efficiency in maize in relation to nitrogen metabolism reveals the importance of cytosolic glutamine synthetase

Plant Physiology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1860-1870

  Limami, Anis M ^a   Rouillon, Clothilde ^a   Glevarec, Gaëlle ^a   Gallais, André ^b   Hirel, Bertrand ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; GENES; PHYSIOLOGY;

GERMINATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036914789     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.009647     Document Type: Article

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