Biosynthesis of ascorbic acid in plants: A renaissance

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2001, Pages 437-467

  Smirnoff, Nicholas ^a   Conklin, Patricia L ^b,d   Loewus, Frank A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Erythroascorbic acid; Fungi; Genetics; L galactose; Mannose; Oxalate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035780981     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.52.1.437     Document Type: Article

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