An endo-β-mannanase develops exclusively in the micropylar endosperm of tomato seeds prior to radicle emergence

Plant Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 555-559

  Nonogaki, Hiroyuki ^a   Morohashi, Yukio ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0030039089     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.2.555     Document Type: Article

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