Ascorbate biosynthesis in mitochondria is linked to the electron transport chain between complexes III and IV

Plant Physiology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 335-343

  Bartoli, Carlos G ^a   Pastori, Gabriela M ^b   Foyer, Christine H ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional de La Plata   (Argentina)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIMYCIN A1; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYANIDE; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GALACTONO GAMMA LACTONE; GALACTONO GAMMA LACTONE DEHYDROGENASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICROSOME; MITOCHONDRION; PRECIPITATION;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0034126442     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.123.1.335     Document Type: Article

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