The asparagine synthetase gene VfAS1 is strongly expressed in the nitrogen-fixing zone of broad bean (Vicia faba L.) root nodules

Plant Science

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-95

  Küster, Helge ^a   Albus, Ulrike ^a   Frühling, Martin ^a   Tchetkova, Svetlana A ^b   Tikhonovitch, Igor A ^b   Pühler, Alfred ^a   Perlick, Andreas M ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b All Russia Res Inst Agric M   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Nodule nitrogen metabolism; Nodule specific cDNA library; Tissue print hybridization

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NITROGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BEAN; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; HYBRIDIZATION; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

VICIA FABA;

EID: 0343416950     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(97)04607-4     Document Type: Article

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