Expression of sunflower cytochrome c mRNA is tissue-specific and controlled by nitrate and light

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 342-347

  Felitti, Silvina A ^a   Chan, Raquel L ^a   Gago, Gabriela ^a   Valle, Estela M ^a   Gonzalez, Daniel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c; Helianthus annuus; mRNA expression; plant mitochondria; sunflower

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031052183     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1997.990219.x     Document Type: Article

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