Arginase, arginine decarboxylase, ornithine decarboxylase, and polyamines in tomato ovaries. Changes in unpollinated ovaries and parthenocarpic fruits induced by auxin or gibberellin

Plant Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1237-1244

  Alabadí, David ^a   Agüero, Marta S ^a,b   Pérez Amador, Miguel A ^a,c   Carbonell, Juan ^a  

^a Universitat Politècnica de València   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0029749805     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.3.1237     Document Type: Article

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