Ascorbic acid formation and profiling of genes expressed in its synthesis and recycling in apple leaves of different ages

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 216-224

  Li, Mingjun ^a   Ma, Fengwang ^a   Guo, Chunmiao ^a   Liu, Jun ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; EPIMERASE; GALACTONOLACTONE DEHYDROGENASE; GALACTOSE 1 PHOSPHATASE; GALACTOSE DEHYDROGENASE; GALACTOSE-1-PHOSPHATASE; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHATASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

APPLE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL AGING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF;

ASCORBIC ACID; CARBOHYDRATE EPIMERASES; CELL AGING; GALACTOSE DEHYDROGENASES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; MALUS; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

LONCHOCARPUS CAPASSA; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 77949487084     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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