Novel expression pattern of cytosolic Gln synthetase in nitrogen-fixing root nodules of the actinorhizal host, Datisca glomerata

Plant Physiology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1849-1862

  Berry, Alison M ^a   Murphy, Terence M ^a   Okubara, Patricia A ^a,b   Jacobsen, Karin R ^c   Swensen, Susan M ^d   Pawlowski, Katharina ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYMES; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TISSUE;

NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN TRANSFER;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULACEAE; CORIARIA; DATISCA GLOMERATA; DATISCACEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; FRANKIA; HEVEA; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; RHIZOBIACEAE; VITIS; VITIS SP.; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 3542993286     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.031534     Document Type: Article

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