1-N-Acetylspermidine in roots of maize seedlings

Plant Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-149

  De Agazio, Marina ^a   Grego, Stefano ^b   Zacchini, Massimo ^a   De Cesare, Fabrizio ^a   Cellai, Luciano ^a   Rizea Savu, Simona ^c   Silvestro, Luigi ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c GTF/IBMP   (Germany)

Author keywords

1 N acetylspermidine; Polyamine interconversion pathway; Polyamines; Roots; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001964617     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(96)04523-2     Document Type: Article

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