Molecular characterization of profilin isoforms from tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) pollen

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 133-139

  Mittermann, Irene ^a   Heiss, Susanne ^a   Kraft, Dietrich ^a   Valenta, Rudolf ^a   Heberle Bors, Erwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

cDNA cloning; Isoforms; Nicotiana tabacum; Profilin; Tobacco pollen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000015601     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02221392     Document Type: Article

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