Biochemical background and compartmentalized functions of cytosolic glutamine synthetase for active ammonium assimilation in rice roots

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1640-1647

  Ishiyama, Keiki ^a   Inoue, Eri ^a   Tabuchi, Mayumi ^b   Yamaya, Tomoyuki ^a,b   Takahashi, Hideki ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonium assimilation; Glutamine synthetase; Rice; Root

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 11144349043     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pch190     Document Type: Article

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