The carnitine biosynthetic pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana shares similar features with the pathway of mammals and fungi

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-114

  Rippa, Sonia ^a   Zhao, Yingjuan ^a   Merlier, Franck ^a   Charrier, Aurélie ^a,b   Perrin, Yolande ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Carnitine biosynthesis; Lipid metabolism; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CARNITINE; DEUTERIUM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMMA BUTYROBETAINE; GAMMA-BUTYROBETAINE; LYSINE; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIMETHYLLYSINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FUNGUS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; SEEDLING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; BETAINE; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CARNITINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DEUTERIUM; FUNGI; LIPID METABOLISM; LYSINE; MAMMALS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDLING; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 84865312234     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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