In higher plants, only root mitochondria, but not leaf mitochondria reduce nitrite to NO, in vitro and in situ

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 420, 2005, Pages 2601-2609

  Gupta, Kapuganti Jagadis ^a   Stoimenova, Maria ^b   Kaiser, Werner M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative oxidase; Anoxia; Cytochrome c oxidase; Nitric oxide; NO; Root mitochondria

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ENZYMES; NITROGEN OXIDES; OXYGEN; TISSUE;

ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE; ANOXIA; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; ROOT MITOCHONDRIA;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 24744437064     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri252     Document Type: Article

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