Fruit-specific expression of a defensin-type gene family in bell pepper: Upregulation during ripening and upon wounding

Plant Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 615-622

  Meyer, Béatrice ^a   Houlné, Guy ^a   Pozueta Romero, Javier ^a,b   Schantz, Marie Luce ^a   Schantz, Rodolphe ^a  

^a INST DE BIOL MOLEC DES PLANTES   (France)

^b Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

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CAPSICUM ANNUUM;

EID: 0030265843     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.2.615     Document Type: Article

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