The Arabidopsis thaliana trp5 mutant has a feedback-resistant anthranilate synthase and elevated soluble tryptophan

Plant Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-59

  Li, Jiayang ^a,b   Last, Robert L ^a  

^a United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0030024965     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.1.51     Document Type: Article

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