Plant Soil Environ., 2014, 60(3):129-134 | DOI: 10.17221/901/2013-PSE

Nitric oxide biosynthesis in plants - the short overviewReview

D. Procházková1, D. Haisel1, D. Pavlíková2
1 Instituteof Experimental Botany, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
2 Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

In the past two decades, many pathways of nitric oxide biosynthesis have been described. This review offers the general knowledge of mechanisms of plant nitric oxide biosynthesis.

Keywords: nitrate reductase; NOS like enzyme

Published: March 31, 2014  Show citation

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Procházková D, Haisel D, Pavlíková D. Nitric oxide biosynthesis in plants - the short overview. Plant Soil Environ. 2014;60(3):129-134. doi: 10.17221/901/2013-PSE.
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