Characterization of the common bean uricase II and its expression in organs other than nodules

Plant Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1307-1317

  Capote Maínez, Nieves ^a   Sánchez, Federico ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NODULATION; PARENCHYMA CELL; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN DETECTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; SYMBIOSIS; URICASE II;

BRADYRHIZOBIUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 0031397784     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.115.4.1307     Document Type: Article

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