Ascorbate biosynthesis A Cross-Kingdom history

eLife

Volumn 2015, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Fernie, Alisdair R ^a   Tohge, Takayuki ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GALACTOLACTONE DEHYDROGENASE; GULONOLACTONE OXIDASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; EVOLUTION; GENE LOSS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; EUKARYOTE; METABOLISM; PLASTID;

EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; EUKARYOTA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLASTIDS;

EID: 85003881580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.07527     Document Type: Article

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