Novel insights into regulation of asparagine synthetase in conifers

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 3, Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Canales, Javier ^a   Rueda López, Marina ^a   Craven Bartle, Blanca ^a   Avila, Concepción ^a   Cánovas, Francisco M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asparagine synthetase; Conifers; MYB factors; Nitrogen metabolism; Pinus pinaster

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878363398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00100     Document Type: Article

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