Expression of the phloem lectin is developmentally linked to vascular differentiation in cucurbits

Planta

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 405-414

  Dannenhoffer, Joanne M ^a,c   Schulz, Alexander ^b   Skaggs, Megan I ^a   Bostwick, Dwight E ^a,d   Thompson, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ciba Geigy Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Companion cell; Cucurbita (phloem lectin); Lectin (PP2); Phloem protein; Sieve element; Vascular differentiation

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITA; CUCURBITA MAXIMA; CUCURBITA MOSCHATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030901599     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050083     Document Type: Article

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