Molybdoenzymes and molybdenum cofactor in plants

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-69

  Mendel, Ralf R ^a   Schwarz, Günter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Aldehyde oxidase; Indole acetic acid; Nitrate reductase; Sulfite oxidase; Xanthine dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032996970     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-2689(99)00386-X     Document Type: Review

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