Iron utilization and metabolism in plants

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 276-282

  Briat, Jean François ^a   Curie, Catherine ^a   Gaymard, Frédéric ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZETIDINE 2 CARBOXYLIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HEME; IRON; NICOTIANAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMASS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL VACUOLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLASTID; REVIEW;

AZETIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID; BIOMASS; HEME; IRON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; PLASTIDS; VACUOLES;

EID: 34248211045     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2007.04.003     Document Type: Review

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