Ascorbate as seen through plant evolution: The rise of a successful molecule?

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-53

  Gest, Noé ^a   Gautier, Hélène ^b   Stevens, Rebecca ^a  

^a Researches Center of Avignon   (France)

^b Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; breeding; diversity; domestication; environment; evolution; fruit; plant

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID;

BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION; METABOLISM; PLANT; REVIEW; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; PLANTS;

ALGAE; BRYOPHYTES; CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84871804604     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ers297     Document Type: Review

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