The diverse roles of FRO family metalloreductases in iron and copper homeostasis

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Jain, Anshika ^a   Wilson, Grandon T ^a   Connolly, Erin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Ferric reductase oxidase; Iron; Metalloreductase; Plant

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901000582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00100     Document Type: Review

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