ent-Kaurene synthase is located in proplastids of meristematic shoot tissues

Planta

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-219

  Aach, Helmut ^a   Bode, Heike ^a   Robinson, David G ^a   Graebe, Jan E ^a  

^a Botanischer Garten der Univ G   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Ent Kaurene (biosynthesis); Gibberellin (biosynthesis); Meristem; Pisum (seedlings); Proplastid; Triticum (seedlings)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030917361     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004250050121     Document Type: Article

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