Pyrophosphate as an energy donor in the cytosol of plant cells: An enigmatic alternative to ATP

Botanica Acta

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-175

  Stitt, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Botanisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fructose 6 phosphate 1 phosphotransferase (PFP); Pyrophosphatase; Pyrophosphate, pyrophosphate

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0031839068     PISSN: 09328629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1998.tb00692.x     Document Type: Review

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