cDNA cloning and expression of a gene for 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase in pumpkin cotyledons

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 843-852

  Kato, Akira ^a,b   Hayashi, Makoto ^a,b   Takeuchi, Yuka ^a   Nishimura, Mikio ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 ketoacyl CoA thiolase; glyoxysome; leaf peroxisome; microbody transition; pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); senescence

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITA;

EID: 0030199279     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00019471     Document Type: Article

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