Lectin -like activity in European black pine (Pinus nigra) seed protein bodies

Biologia

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-117

  Nahálkova, Jarmila ^a   Hřib, Jiří ^a   Gemeiner, Peter ^a   Vooková, Božena ^a   Chrtiansky, Ján ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Conifer; Lectin; Pinus nigra; Protein bodies; Spore agglutination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001309510     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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