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Nitrate assimilation in Lotus japonicus.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Jul 2005
Márquez Antonio J, Betti Marco, García-Calderón Margarita, Pal'ove-Balang Peter, Díaz Pedro, Monza Jorge
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This paper summarizes some recent advances in the understanding of nitrate assimilation in the model legume Lotus japonicus. First, different types of experimental evidence are presented that emphasize the importance of the root in the nitrate-reducing assimilatory processes in this plant. Secondly, the main results from an ethyl methanesulphonate mutagenesis programme are presented. In this programme,...
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