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Glutamine synthetase seems to act as a positive control element for nitrogenase synthesis in a way similar to that already proposed for histidase synthesis in Klebsiella. Studies along lines opened up by these findings may provide answers to many of the problems in establishing nitrogen fixation in non-leguminous plants.
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Tubb, R. Glutamine synthetase and ammonium regulation of nitrogenase synthesis in Klebsiella. Nature 251, 481–485 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/251481a0
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