'Every dogma has its day': A personal look at carbon metabolism in photosynthetic bacteria

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 135-143

  Ormerod, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

ketoglutarate synthase; 3 hydroxypropionate cycle; 13C discrimination; Fluoroacetate; Glyoxylate; H. Larsen; M. Calvin; M. Kamen; Nitrous oxide; Oxygen toxicity photorespiration; Propionate carboxylation; Pyruvate synthase; S.R. Elsden

Indexed keywords

CHLOROBI; CHLOROFLEXUS; PHOTOBACTERIA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0042263302     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024938531382     Document Type: Short Survey

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