Ascorbate biosynthesis in Arabidopsis cell suspension culture

Plant Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 535-543

  Davey, Mark W ^a   Gilot, Christophe ^a   Persiau, Geert ^a   Østergaard, Jens ^a   Han, Yu ^a   Bauw, Guy C ^a   Van Montagu, Marc C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOSYNTHESIS; PLANT METABOLISM; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE;

ABACARUS; ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0033212929     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.121.2.535     Document Type: Article

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