Myoinositol oxygenase controls the level of myoinositol in Arabidopsis, but does not increase ascorbic acid

Plant Physiology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1042-1049

  Endres, Stefanie ^a   Tenhaken, Raimund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

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ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 60249087049     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.130948     Document Type: Article

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