L-galactono-γ-lactone dehydrogenase: Partial characterization, induction of activity and role in the synthesis of ascorbic acid in wounded white potato tuber tissue

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 473-478

  Ôba, Kazuko ^a   Fukui, Mikiko ^a   Imai, Yasuko ^a   Iriyama, Sakura ^a   Nogami, Kayoko ^a  

^a NAGOYA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

L Ascorbic acid; L Galactono lactone dehydrogenase (EC 1.3.2.3); White potato (Solanum tuberosum); Wounding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0028035982     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a078618     Document Type: Article

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