Iron-sulfur clusters: Formation, perturbation, and physiological functions

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 87-97

  Imsande, John ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen metabolism; Oxidative stress; Photosynthesis; Reactive oxygen species; Senescence; Sulfur metabolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032967295     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(99)80070-9     Document Type: Review

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