Purification and characterization of tubulin from ginkgo pollen

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 136-141

  Zhang, Hong ^a   Liu, Guoqin ^a   Yen, Lung Fei ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ginkgo biloba L.; Pollen; Polymerization; Purification; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030809324     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004970050080     Document Type: Article

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