myo-Inositol oxygenase offers a possible entry point into plant ascorbate biosynthesis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1200-1205

  Lorence, Argelia ^a   Chevone, Boris I ^a   Mendes, Pedro ^a   Nessler, Craig L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROPS; ENZYMES; GENES;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; NUTRITIONAL ENHANCEMENT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1642506227     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.033936     Document Type: Article

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