Nitric oxide in plants: To NO or not to NO

Phytochemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-4

  Wojtaszek, Przemyslaw ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biological function; Biosynthesis; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Nitrogen monoxide; Reactivity

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; FREE RADICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034079495     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00056-X     Document Type: Article

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