Regulation of ethylene biosynthesis in higher plants by carbon dioxide

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-26

  Mathooko, Francis M ^a,b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

ACC oxidase; ACC synthase; Carbon dioxide; Ethylene production; MACC

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030020652     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-5214(95)00026-7     Document Type: Review

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