Expression of an aspartate kinase homoserine dehydrogenase gene is subject to specific spatial and temporal regulation in vegetative tissues, flowers, and developing seeds

Plant Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 695-706

  Zhu Shimoni, Judith X ^a   Lev Yadun, Simcha ^a,c   Matthews, Benjamin ^b   Galili, Gad ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0030893004     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.3.695     Document Type: Article

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