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Volume 23

Plant Nitrogen Metabolism

Edited by

Jonathan E. Poulton
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
John T. Romeo
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL, USA
Eric E. Conn
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA

PLENUM PRESS, NEW YORK AND LONDON
Contents

An Overview of Nitrogen Metabolism in Higher Plants
Dale C. Blevins

Plant Genes involved in Carbon and Nitrogen Assimilation in Root Nodules
Desh Pal S. Verma

Synthesis, Transport, and Utilization of Products of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation
John S. Pate

Genetics and Molecular Biology of Higher Plant Nitrate Reductases
Andris Kleinhofs, Robert L. Warner and James M. Melzer

The Use of Mutants Lacking Glutamine Synthetase and Glutamate Synthase to Study Their Role in Plant Nitrogen Metabolism
Peter J. Lea, Ray D. Blackwell, Alan J.S. Murray and Kenneth W. Joy

Assimilation of Ammonia by Glutamate Dehydrogenase?
David Rhodes, Dennis G. Brunk and José R. Magalhães

Sites of Action of Herbicides in Amino Acid Metabolism: Primary and Secondary Physiological Effects
Dale L. Shaner

Metabolism of I-AminocyclopropaneI-Carboxylic Acid in Relation to Ethylene Biosynthesis
Shang Fa Yang

Molecular Aspects of Storage Protein and Starch Synthesis in Wheat and Rice Seeds
Thomas Okita, Arun Aryan, Christopher Reeves, Woo Taek Kim, Douglas Leisy, Jim Hnilo and David Morrow

Primary and Secondary Metabolism of Polyamines in Plants
Hector E. Flores, Calixto M. Protacio and Mark W. Signs

Castanospermine, Swainsonine and Related Polyhydroxy Alkaloids: Structure, Distribution and Biological Activity
Linda E. Fellows, Geoffrey C. Kite, Robert J. Nash, Monique S.J. Simmonds and Anthony M. Scofield

Biosynthesis of Alkaloids Using Plant Cell Cultures
Meinhart H. Zenk


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