Pathways and regulation of sulfur metabolism revealed through molecular and genetic studies

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2000, Pages 141-165

  Leustek, Thomas ^a   Martin, Melinda N ^a   Bick, Julie Ann ^a   Davies, John P ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysteine metabolism; Glutathione metabolism; Sulfate assimilation; Sulfate reduction; Sulfate uptake and transport; Sulfation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034486633     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.51.1.141     Document Type: Article

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