Nitrate Assimilation in Plants

Biology of the Nitrogen Cycle

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 283-301

  Tischner, Rudolf ^a   Kaiser, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 54249139014     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452857-5.50019-9     Document Type: Chapter

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