Constitutive expression of nitrate reductase changes the regulation of nitrate and nitrite transporters in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Plant Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 819-827

  Navarro, Maria Teresa ^a   Prieto, Rafael ^a   Fernández, Emilio ^a   Galván, Aurora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

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CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII;

EID: 2442605250     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.9060819.x     Document Type: Article

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