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The special role of individual amino acids in plant metabolism

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In addition to their primary role as structural units of protein, the amino acids and their amides serve various other functions: as agents for storage and translocation of nitrogen, as intermediates in biosynthesis, and as important components of coenzymes.

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  2. Institut für Kulturpflanzenforschung, Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Gatersleben (Krs. Aschersleben), Deutschland

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  8. University College, London, Great Britain

    Paul Haas (Formerly Reader in Plant Biochemistry) (Formerly Reader in Plant Biochemistry)

  9. Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA

    Felix Haurowitz (Professor of Chemistry) (Professor of Chemistry)

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  31. Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, Great Britain

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Loomis, W.D., Stumpf, P.K. (1958). The special role of individual amino acids in plant metabolism. In: Allen, E.K., et al. Der Stickstoffumsatz / Nitrogen Metabolism. Handbuch der Pflanzenphysiologie / Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-94733-9_13

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