Yeast 5-aminolevulinate synthase provides additional chlorophyll precursor in transgenic tobacco

Plant Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 169-178

  Zavgorodnyaya, Anna ^a   Papenbrock, Jutta ^a   Grimm, Bernhard ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031194480     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.12010169.x     Document Type: Article

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