A flooding-induced xyloglucan endo-transglycosylase homolog in maize is responsive to ethylene and associated with aerenchyma

Plant Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 385-391

  Saab, Imad N ^a   Sachs, Martin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030250527     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.1.385     Document Type: Article

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