Expression of a gene for uricase II (Nodulin-35) in cotyledons of soybean plants

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 149-154

  Takane, Kenichi ^a   Tanaka, Koji ^b   Tajima, Shigeyuki ^a   Okazaki, Katsuichiro ^a   Kouchi, Hiroshi ^c  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Maruho Co   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cotyledons; Gene cloning; Gene expression; Nitrogen fixation; Nodules; Uricase

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031080655     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029145     Document Type: Article

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