Increased resistance to oxidative stress in transgenic plants by targeting mannitol biosynthesis to chloroplasts

Plant Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1177-1183

  Shen, Bo ^a   Jensen, Richard G ^a,b   Bohnert, Hans J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0031127904     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.113.4.1177     Document Type: Article

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