Vitamin deficiencies in humans: Can plant science help?

Plant Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 395-414

  Fitzpatrick, Teresa B ^a   Basset, Gilles J C ^b   Borel, Patrick ^c,d,e   Carrari, Fernando ^f   DellaPenna, Dean ^g   Fraser, Paul D ^h   Hellmann, Hanjo ⁱ   Osorio, Sonia ^j,k   Rothan, Christophe ^l,m   Valpuesta, Victoriano ^k   Caris Veyrat, Catherine ^n,o   Fernie, Alisdair R ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Mé dicale   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^g Michigan State University   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^k CSIC   (Spain)

^l Univ Bordeaux   (France)

^m UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

ⁿ UMR A 408 INRA University of Avignon   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

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EID: 84859029671     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.093120     Document Type: Review

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