cDNA cloning of a wounding-inducible gene encoding a plastid ω-3 fatty acid desaturase from tobacco

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 606-611

  Hamada, Tatsurou ^a   Nishiuchi, Takumi ^a   Kodama, Hiroaki ^a   Nishimura, Mitsuo ^a   Iba, Koh ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Linolenic acid; Nicotiana tabacum; Plastid; Wounding; 3 fatty acid desaturase

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0030199033     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a028988     Document Type: Article

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