Malate relations of plants and crassulacean acid metabolism: protons, carbon dioxide and water.—A review

1 January 1987

journal article
review article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Giornale botanico italiano

Vol. 121 (3-4) , 217-227
https://doi.org/10.1080/11263508709429376

Abstract

This review discusses the central role of malate in plant metabolism and in a large array of physiological processes in general. This is related to the function of crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) as an ecophysiological adaptation to limited water supply.

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