De novo pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis mainly occurs outside of plastids, but a previously undiscovered nucleobase importer provides substrates for the essential salvage pathway in arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1549-1559

  Witz, Sandra ^a   Jung, Benjamin ^a   Fürst, Sarah ^a   Möhlmann, Torsten ^a  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84861705833     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.096743     Document Type: Article

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