Enzymatic activities for the synthesis of chlorophyll in pigment- deficient variegated leaves of Euonymus japonicus

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 481-487

  Masuda, Tatsuru ^a   Takabe, Keiji ^b   Ohta, Hiroyuki ^a   Shioi, Yuzo ^a   Takamiya, Ken Ichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll biosynthesis; Chlorophyll deficiency; Euonymus japonicus; Mg chelatase deficiency; Variegated leaves

Indexed keywords

EUONYMUS; EUONYMUS JAPONICUS;

EID: 0029854150     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a028970     Document Type: Article

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