Patterns of intramolecular carbon isotopic heterogeneity within amino acids of autotrophs and heterotrophs

Oecologia

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 178-189

  Savidge, William B ^a   Blair, Neal E ^b  

^a SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anapleurotic carboxylation; Carbon isotopes; Glutamate; Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase; Tricarboxylic acid cycle

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON;

AMINO ACID;

ALGA; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; INVERTEBRATE; POACEAE; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGAE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POACEAE;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 2342527235     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1500-z     Document Type: Review

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