Indolepyruvate pathway for indole-3-acetic acid biosynthesis in Bradyrhizobium elkanii

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 449-453

  Minamisawa, Kiwamu ^a,b   Ogawa, Ken Ichiro ^a   Fukuhara, Hideyuki ^a   Koga, Jinichiro ^c  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bradyrhizobium elkanii; Indole 3 acetaldehyde; Indole 3 acetic acid (IAA); Indolepyruvate decarboxylase

Indexed keywords

BRADYRHIZOBIUM ELKANII;

EID: 0029950334     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a028966     Document Type: Article

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