How does glutamine synthetase activity determine plant tolerance to ammonium?

Planta

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1068-1080

  Cruz, C ^a   Bio, A F M ^c   Dominguez Valdivia M D ^b   Aparicio Tejo, P M ^b   Lamsfus, C ^b   Martins Loucao M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ammonium tolerance; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Glutamine synthetase; Lactuca; Lupinus; Lycopersicon; Pisum; Spinacia

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LETTUCE; LUPIN; METABOLISM; PEA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SPINACH; TOMATO;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; LETTUCE; LUPINUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATES; PEAS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; LUPINUS; LUPINUS ALBUS; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PISUM; PISUM SATIVUM; SPINACIA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 33645238446     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-005-0155-2     Document Type: Article

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