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Modulation of plant morphology, root architecture, and cell structure by low vitamin C in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Jan 2006
Olmos E, Kiddle G, Pellny Tk, Kumar S, Foyer Ch
Abstract excerpt
Ascorbic acid (AA) fulfils many essential functions in plants. It is a key antioxidant and an important reducing substrate for a number of enzymes. The effects of low AA on plant architecture and leaf ultrastructure were studied in Arabidopsis thaliana mutants, which have constitutively moderately low (vtc1) or very low (vtc2) leaf AA contents compared with the wild type. Shoot development was comparable in all...
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