Isolation and characterisation of a pod dehiscence zone-specific polygalacturonase from Brassica napus

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 517-527

  Petersen, Morten ^a   Sander, Lilli ^a   Child, Robin ^b   Van Onckelen, Harry ^c   Ulvskov, Peter ^a   Borkhardt, Bernhard ^a  

^a DIPS   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; pod dehiscence; pod shatter; polygalacturonase isoforms

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0030175266     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00042225     Document Type: Article

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