Fumarate: Multiple functions of a simple metabolite

Phytochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 838-843

  Araújo, Wagner L ^a   Nunes Nesi, Adriano ^a,b   Fernie, Alisdair R ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fumarate; Metabolism; Mitochondrial metabolism; Stomatal function; Tricarboxylic acid cycle

Indexed keywords

FUMARIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MALIC ACID; MALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT STOMA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

FUMARATES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALATES; MITOCHONDRIA; NITRATES; PLANT STOMATA; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79955779157     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.02.028     Document Type: Short Survey

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