Free amino acid composition of phloem sap and growing fruit of Lycopersicon esculentum

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 458-461

  Valle, Estela M ^a   Boggio, Silvana B ^a   Heldt, Hans W ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acid; GABA; Glutamine; Lycopersicon esculentum; Phloem sap; Tomato fruit

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; TOMATO;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0031896832     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029391     Document Type: Article

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