The alternative oxidase: In vivo regulation and function

Plant Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-15

  Millenaar, F F ^a   Lambers, H ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative oxidase; Oxygen free radicals; Pyruvate; Respiration; Ubiquinone

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0037265815     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-37974     Document Type: Review

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