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Decrease in nitrate reductase activity in extracts of Trichoderma viride Incubated with chlorides.

W L Balderston·J J Rowe·W J Payne
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Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate-dependent nitrate reductase activity in crude extracts of Trichoderma virde was significantly inhibited by physiological concentrations of ammonium chloride, sodium chloride, and potassium chloride, but not by ammonium or sodium sulfate. The chloride inhibition of nitrate reductase activity increased in a linear manner with chloride concentration.

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Ammonium ChlorideAmmonium SulfateChloridesMitosporic FungiNitrate ReductasesPotassium ChlorideSodium ChlorideSulfatesTrichodermaJournal ArticleResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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W L Balderston, J J Rowe, W J Payne. 1977. Decrease in nitrate reductase activity in extracts of Trichoderma viride Incubated with chlorides.. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.129.3.1657-1658.1977

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