Effect of the embryonic axis and seed coat on protein degradation in Lens culinaris cotyledons

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-269

  Cacho, Margarita ^a   Guerra, Hilario ^a   Fernández Tárrago, Jorge ^a   Alvarez, Jesús ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lens culinaris; Proteases; Protein degradation; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

LENS CULINARIS;

EID: 0031409673     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(97)00017-8     Document Type: Article

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