Metabolism of folates in plants

Advances in Botanical Research

Volumn 59, Issue , 2011, Pages 67-106

  Ravanel, Stéphane ^a,b,c,d   Douce, Roland ^a,b,c,d   Rébeillé, Fabrice ^a,b,c,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Biofortification; C1 metabolism; Folates; Homeostasis

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052701595     PISSN: 00652296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385853-5.00004-0     Document Type: Article

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