Acquisition and assimilation of nitrogen as peptide-bound and D-enantiomers of amino acids by wheat

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Hill, Paul W ^a   Quilliam, Richard S ^a   DeLuca, Thomas H ^a   Farrar, John ^a   Farrell, Mark ^a,b,c   Roberts, Paula ^a   Newsham, Kevin K ^d   Hopkins, David W ^e,f,g   Bardgett, Richard D ^b   Jones, David L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^g HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DEXTRO AMINO ACID; NITROGEN; TRIPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOMER; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN UPTAKE; NONHUMAN; PLANT NUTRITION; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ROOT RESPIRATION; WHEAT; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; SOIL; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STEREOISOMERISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

AMINO ACIDS; GREAT BRITAIN; NITROGEN; PEPTIDES; PLANT ROOTS; SOIL; SOLUTIONS; STEREOISOMERISM; TRITICUM;

EID: 79955575017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019220     Document Type: Article

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