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Nitrate metabolism in tobacco leaves overexpressing Arabidopsis nitrite reductase.
Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB - 1 Dec 2015
Davenport Susie, Le Lay Pascaline, Sanchez-Tamburrrino Juan Pablo
Abstract excerpt
Primary nitrogen assimilation in plants includes the reduction of nitrite to ammonium in the chloroplasts by the enzyme nitrite reductase (NiR EC:1.7.7.1) or in the plastids of non-photosynthetic organs. Here we report on a study overexpressing the Arabidopsis thaliana NiR (AtNiR) gene in tobacco plants under the control of a constitutive promoter (CERV - Carnation Etched Ring Virus). The aim was to overexpress...
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