Isolation of functional RNA from grapevine tissues poor in nucleic acid content

American Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-185

  Loulakakis, Konstantinos A ^a   Roubelakis Angelakis, Kalliopi A ^b   Kanellis, Angelos K ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chalcone synthase; Grape berry; Grapevine; Isolation; Phenylalanine ammonia lyase; RNA; Vitis vinifera

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001277277     PISSN: 00029254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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