Selenium uptake, translocation, assimilation and metabolic fate in plants

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-389

  Sors, T G ^a   Ellis, D R ^a   Salt, D E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

APS reductase; ATP sulfurylase; S methylcysteine; Se methylselenocysteine; Selenocysteine methyltransferase; Sulfur; Volatilization

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; METHIONINE; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PLANT; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYSTEINE; HUMANS; METHIONINE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANTS; SELENIUM;

EID: 29944444579     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-005-5222-9     Document Type: Review

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