Isolation and regulation of accumulation of a minor chromoplast-specific protein from cucumber corollas

Plant Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-63

  Libal Weksler, Yael ^a   Vishnevetsky, Michael ^a   Ovadis, Mariana ^a   Vainstein, Alexander ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COROLLA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 0031054054     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.1.59     Document Type: Article

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