The plant mitochondrial carrier family: Functional and evolutionary aspects

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 3, Issue JAN, 2012, Pages

  Haferkamp, Ilka ^a   Schmitz Esser, Stephan ^b  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Evolution; Function; MCF; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial carrier family; Plant; Solute carriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888030958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00002     Document Type: Review

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