Copper cofactor delivery in plant cells

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 256-263

  Pilon, Marinus ^a   Abdel Ghany, Salah E ^a   Cohu, Christopher M ^a   Gogolin, Kathryn A ^a   Ye, Hong ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

COENZYME; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW;

COENZYMES; COPPER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; PLANTS;

EID: 33646133199     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2006.03.007     Document Type: Review

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