Strategies and tools for studying the metabolism and function of Y-aminobutyrate in plants. I. Pathway structure

Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 651-668

  Shelp, Barry J ^a   Bozzo, Gale G ^a   Trobacher, Christopher P ^a   Chiu, Greta ^a   Bajwa, Vikramjit S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

aminobutyrate; hydroxybutyrate; Gene isolation; Metabolism; Protein structure function; Proteins; Transport

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOINFORMATICS; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; PH; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN; TRACER;

EID: 84863862191     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/B2012-030     Document Type: Review

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