Isolation of a full-length cDNA encoding polyphenol oxidase from sugarcane, a C4 grass

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1233-1238

  Bucheli, Carolyn S ^a   Dry, Ian B ^a   Robinson, Simon P ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

browning; polyphenol oxidase; PPO; sugarcane

Indexed keywords

POACEAE; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0030236428     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00040840     Document Type: Article

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