Lysine and threonine metabolism are subject to complex patterns of regulation in Arabidopsis

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 727-734

  Tzchori, Inbal Ben Tzvi ^a   Perl, Avihai ^b   Galili, Gad ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; essential amino acids; lysine; threonine; transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0030293752     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020213     Document Type: Article

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