Physiological implications of arginine metabolism in plants

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue JULY, 2015, Pages

  Winter, Gudrun ^a   Todd, Christopher D ^b   Trovato, Maurizio ^c   Forlani, Giuseppe ^d   Funck, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arginase; Arginine; Arginine biosynthesis; Nitric oxide; Ornithine aminotransferase; Polyamines; Urease

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84938298888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00534     Document Type: Article

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