Plant serine acetyltransferase: New insights for regulation of sulphur metabolism in plant cells

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 619-627

  Droux, Michel ^a  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cysteine metabolism; L Cysteine; O acetylserine(thiol)lyase; Plant; Regulation; Serine acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

PISUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0242584820     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(03)00083-4     Document Type: Article

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