Iron transport and storage within the seed coat and embryo of developing seeds of pea (Pisum sativum L.)

Seed Science Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 367-375

  Marentes, Eduardo ^a,b   Grusak, Michael A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embryo; Ferritin; Iron; Phloem unloading; Pisum sativum L.; Seed coat; Seed development

Indexed keywords

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0031666506     PISSN: 09602585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0960258500004293     Document Type: Article

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