Free amino acid and storage protein composition of soybean fruit explants and isolated cotyledons cultured with and without methionine

Annals of Botany

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 547-552

  Horta, A C G ^a,b   Sodek, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

cotyledons; culture; free amino acid; Glycine max; methionine; soybean; storage protein

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0030909565     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo/79.5.547     Document Type: Article

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