Galactinol synthase from kidney bean cotyledon and zucchini leaf: Purification and N-terminal sequences

Plant Physiology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 505-511

  Liu, Jingjie J ^a   Odegard, William ^a   De Lumen, Benito O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITA PEPO VAR. MELOPEPO; PEPO; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; CUCURBITA PEPO;

EID: 0029379670     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.2.505     Document Type: Article

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