Metabolism of polyamines in transgenic cells of carrot expressing a mouse ornithine decarboxylase cDNA

Plant Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 299-307

  Andersen, Scott E ^a,b   Bastola, Dhundy R ^a,c   Minocha, Subhash C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; CATABOLISM; CELL LINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DECARBOXYLATION; MOUSE; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PLANT GENETICS; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 0031785345     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.116.1.299     Document Type: Article

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