Ammonia regulated expression of a soybean gene encoding cytosolic glutamine synthetase is not conserved in two heterologous plant systems

Plant Science

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-85

  Carrayol, Elisa ^a   Tercé Laforgue, Thérèse ^a   Desbrosses, Guilhem ^a   Pruvot Maschio, Gislaine ^a   Poirier, Simone ^b   Ratet, Pascal ^b   Hirel, Bertrand ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Glucuronidase gene; Glutamine synthetase; Soybean

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; RHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SOYBEAN;

EID: 0342711255     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(97)00053-8     Document Type: Article

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