Spirulina nitrate-assimilating enzymes (NR, NiR, GS) have higher specific activities and are more stable than those of rice

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 179-182

  Ali, Ahmad ^a   Jha, Pamela ^a   Sandhu, Kuljeet Singh ^a   Raghuram, Nandula ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Glutamine synthetase; Nitrate reductase; Nitrite reductase; Oryza sativa; Spirulina platensis

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; ORYZA SATIVA; SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 52949151508     PISSN: 09715894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12298-008-0017-z     Document Type: Article

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