The plant aspartate aminotransferase gene family

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 998-1006

  Wadsworth, Gregory J ^a  

^a BUFFALO STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

AAT; Asparate aminotransferase; Evolution; Gene family

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030766260     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.1000428.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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