Re: Nitrogen uptake

From: dave evans (T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU)
Date: Tue Jan 07 1997 - 16:43:00 PST


Date:    Tue, 07 Jan 97 19:43 EST
From: dave evans                           <T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg105$foo@default>
Subject: Re: Nitrogen uptake


> From: A.Falshaw@IRL.CRI.NZ(Andy Falshaw)
>
> The usual way would be to use radiolabelled stuff, or a stable
> isotope and gcms. i don't think you can get radio nitrogen
> How about feeding the plant 14C labelled amino acids? And assuming
> that where the 14c goes is where the N goes?

These is an interesting point! Do they assimilate the ammino
acids directly after breaking down the protein?

Dave E



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