Ethylene biosynthesis: The role of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) oxidase, and its possible evolutionary origin

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 583-592

  John, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 Aminocyclopropane 1 carboxylate (ACC) oxidase; Ascorbate; Carbon dioxide; Dioxygenase; Ethylene biosynthesis; Evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030754175     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1000321.x     Document Type: Article

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