Tungstate: Is it really a specific nitrate reductase inhibitor in plant nitric oxide research?

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-41

  Xiong, Jie ^a   Fu, Guanfu ^a   Yang, Yongjie ^a,b   Zhu, Cheng ^c   Tao, Longxing ^a  

^a CHINA NATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; heavy metal; molybdate; nitrate reductase; nitric oxide; nitric oxide synthase; oxidative stress; programmed cell death; tungstate

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE; TUNGSTEN DERIVATIVE; TUNGSTIC ACID;

DRUG ANTAGONISM; METABOLISM; RESEARCH; REVIEW;

ENZYME INHIBITORS; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE; RESEARCH; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84555206999     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err268     Document Type: Review

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