Isotope discrimination provides new insight into biological nitrogen fixation

New Phytologist

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 643-646

  Unkovich, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

15N; Isotope fractionation; Legume; Nitrogen fixation; Nodule

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE;

ANABAENA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; FABACEAE; LETTER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SYMBIOSIS;

AMMONIA; ANABAENA; BIOCHEMISTRY; FABACEAE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NITROGENASE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84876407830     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12227     Document Type: Letter

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