Cloning and expression of a gibberellin 2β,3β-hydroxylase cDNA from pumpkin endosperm

Plant Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1459-1467

  Lange, Theo ^a   Robatzek, Silke ^a,b   Frisse, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 BETA HYDROXYLASE; 3 BETA HYDROXYLASE; CLONING; ENDOSPERM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GIBBERELLIN; IMBIBITION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031200963     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.8.1459     Document Type: Article

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