Arabidopsis photorespiratory serine hydroxymethyltransferase activity requires the mitochondrial accumulation of ferredoxin-dependent glutamate synthase

Plant Cell

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 595-606

  Jamai, Aziz ^a   Salomé, Patrice A ^a,c   Schilling, Stephen H ^a,d   Weber, Andreas P M ^b   McClung, C Robertson ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 64749104195     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.063289     Document Type: Article

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