Methyl jasmonate induces an O-methyltransferase in barley

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 851-862

  Lee, Justin E ^a   Vogt, Thomas ^a   Hause, Bettina ^a   Löbler, Marian ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caffeic acid O methyltransferase (EC 2.1.1.6); Cell wall bound phenolics; Hordeum vulgare L.; Jasmonate regulated gene; Methyl jasmonate

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031193862     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029244     Document Type: Article

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