Nitrogen and metabolic regulation of the expression of plastidic glutamine synthetase in alfalfa (Medicago sativa)

Plant Science

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1041-1052

  Zozaya Hinchliffe, Marcela ^a   Potenza, Carol ^a   Ortega, Jose Luis ^a   Sengupta Gopalan, Champa ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Oxoglutarate; Glutamine synthetase; Medicago sativa; Nitrate; Plastid; Regulation

Indexed keywords

AMINES; GENES; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; TISSUE;

GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN TISSUES; METABOLIC REGULATION; PLASTIDIC GLUTAMINE SYNTHETASE;

ENZYMES;

AMINES; ENZYMES; GENES; METABOLISM; NITRATES; NITROGEN; TISSUE;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 13944273740     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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