Ascorbate biosynthesis and function in photoprotection

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1402, 2000, Pages 1455-1464

  Smirnoff, N ^a   Critchley, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana vtc mutants; Chlorophyll fluorescence; L galactono 1,4 lactone dehydrogenase; Non photochemical quenching; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0034730978     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0706     Document Type: Conference Paper

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