Plant nitrogen assimilation and its regulation: A complex puzzle with missing pieces

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 25, Issue , 2015, Pages 115-122

  Krapp, Anne ^a,b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; SOIL;

CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SHOOT; SOIL; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS; SOIL;

EID: 84938573071     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2015.05.010     Document Type: Review

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