Proteolytic activity in the maize pollen wall

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 172-178

  Radłowski, Marek ^a   Kalinowski, Andrzej ^a   Adamczyk, Józef ^b   Królikowski, Zygmunt ^b   Bartkowiak, Slawomir ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS   (Poland)

^b PLANT BREEDING AND ACCLIMATIZATION INSTITUTE NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Maize; pollen; pollen wall; proteolytic activities; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030513288     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1996.980121.x     Document Type: Article

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