Ecotypic variations in phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase activity of the cordgrass Spartina densiflora throughout its latitudinal distribution range

Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 154-160

  Alvarez R ^a   Castillo, J M ^a   Mateos Naranjo, E ^a   Gandullo, J ^a   Rubio Casal, A E ^a   Moreno, F J ^a   Figueroa, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alien; Invasion; Lagoa dos Patos; Mar de Chiquita; Odiel Marshes; Patagonia; Phosphorylation; Salt marsh

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CHLOROPHYLL; ECOTYPE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS EXCHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRASS; HALOPHYTE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SALTMARSH;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ECOSYSTEM; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYLASE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; POACEAE;

SPARTINA; SPARTINA DENSIFLORA;

EID: 77952362580     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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