Fructan accumulation and sucrose metabolism in transgenic maize endosperm expressing a Bacillus amyloliquefaciens SacB gene

Plant Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 355-363

  Caimi, Perry G ^a   McCole, Laura M ^a   Klein, Theodore M ^a   Kerr, Phil S ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030037976     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.2.355     Document Type: Article

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