Expression of a corn bifunctional inhibitor of serine proteinases and insect α-amylases in transgenic tobacco plants

Plant Science

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-69

  Masoud, Sameer A ^a   Ding, Xiongfei ^a   Johnson, Lowell B ^a   White, Frank F ^a   Reeck, Gerald R ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Proteinase inhibitor; Transgenic tobacco; amylase inhibitor

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0030060621     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(96)04336-1     Document Type: Article

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