Intramolecular, compound-specific, and bulk carbon isotope patterns in C3 and C4 plants: A review and synthesis

New Phytologist

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 371-385

  Hobbie, Erik A ^a,b,c   Werner, Roland A ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

C3 plants; Enzymes; Isotopic discrimination; Metabolic modeling

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 1642424342     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.00970.x     Document Type: Review

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