Nitric Oxide Synthase-Like Activities in Plants

Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants in the Post-genomic Era

Volumn 42, Issue , 2010, Pages 103-125

  Yamasaki, Hideo ^a   Itoh, Ryuuichi D ^a   Bouchard, Josée N ^b   Dghim, Ata Allah ^a   Hossain, Khurshida K ^a   Gurung, Sushma ^a   Cohen, Michael F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Nitrogen cycle; Plant microbe interaction; Signal transduction; Soil bacteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948994185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444328608.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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