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The Role of NO3 — and NH4 + Ions in the Regulation of Nitrate Reductase in Higher Plants

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Inorganic Nitrogen in Plants and Microorganisms

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After its identification by Evans and Nason (1953), nitrate reductase (NR) was shown to be a substrate inducible enzyme by Tang and Wu (1957). In 1960 Hageman and Flesher demonstrated further that both light and NO3 − were required for the appearance of nitrate reductase activity (Hageman and Flesher 1960). Since that time there have been many reports confirming the initial observations with light and NO3 − and conflicting reports concerning the repression of the induction of NR by NH4 + (Beevers and Hageman 1972; Ullrich 1987).

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  1. Department of Biology, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4K1

    A. Oaks

  2. Department of Botany, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada

    A. Oaks

  3. Institut für Pflanzenbiologie, Zolliker Strasse 107, CH-8008, Zürich, Germany

    C. Hertig

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  1. Institut für Botanik, Technische Hochschule, Schnittspahnstraße 3, 6100, Darmstadt, Germany

    Wolfram R. Ullrich (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale, Università di Napoli, Via Foria 223, 80139, Napoli, Italy

    Carmelo Rigano (Professor) & Amodio Fuggi (Professor) (Professor) &  (Professor)

  3. Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC Velazquez 144, 28006, Madrid, Spain

    Pedro J. Aparicio (Professor) (Professor)

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Oaks, A., Long, D.M., Zoumadakis, M., Li, XZ., Hertig, C. (1990). The Role of NO3 — and NH4 + Ions in the Regulation of Nitrate Reductase in Higher Plants. In: Ullrich, W.R., Rigano, C., Fuggi, A., Aparicio, P.J. (eds) Inorganic Nitrogen in Plants and Microorganisms. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75812-6_25

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