Glutamate dehydrogenase in plants: Is there a new story for an old enzyme?

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 565-576

  Dubois, Frédéric ^a   Tercé Laforgue, Thérèse ^b   Gonzalez Moro, Maria Begoña ^b,c   Estavillo, José Maria ^b,c   Sangwan, Rajbir ^a   Gallais, André ^d   Hirel, Bertrand ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Ammonium; Cytoimmunochemistry; Cytosol; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Grain yield; Mitochondria; Phloem

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; VITACEAE; VITIS SP.;

EID: 0242416929     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(03)00075-5     Document Type: Review

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