Unusual regulatory nitrate reductase activity in cotyledons of Brassica napus seedlings: Enhancement of nitrate reductase activity by ammonium supply

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 398, 2004, Pages 815-823

  Leleu, Olivier ^a   Vuylsteker, Christophe ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Brassica napus; Cotyledons; Hypocotyl; Nitrate; Nitrate reductase

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; NUTRITION; RNA; SEED; TISSUE;

COTYLEDONS; EXOGENOUS AMMONIUM; MRNA; NITRATE REDUCTASE; SEEDLINGS;

NITRATES;

CHLOROPHYLL; NITRATE REDUCTASE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; COTYLEDON; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; RAPESEED; SEEDLING;

BRASSICA NAPUS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHLOROPHYLL; COTYLEDON; ENZYME ACTIVATION; KINETICS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; PLANT ROOTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEEDLING;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 1942424931     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh088     Document Type: Article

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