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Regulation of enzymes involved in inorganic N metabolism in pea roots

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Structure and Function of Plant Roots

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In the past decade I have studied the regulation of nitrate reductase (NIR), nitrite reductase (NIR), glutamine synthetase (GS), and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) levels in isolated pea roots [3, 4, 5, 6]. This paper deals with results obtained since October 1979.

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Sahulka, J. (1981). Regulation of enzymes involved in inorganic N metabolism in pea roots. In: Brouwer, R., Gašparíková, O., Kolek, J., Loughman, B.C. (eds) Structure and Function of Plant Roots. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8314-4_22

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