Calcium oxalate in plants: Formation and function

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2005, Pages 41-71

  Franceschi, Vincent R ^a   Nakata, Paul A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystals; Idioblast; Morphology; Oxalic acid; Vacuole

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE;

CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW;

CALCIUM OXALATE; CRYSTALLIZATION; PLANTS;

ALGAE; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 20444368468     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.56.032604.144106     Document Type: Review

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