Transgenic analysis of tomato endo-β-1,4-glucanase gene function. Role of cel1 in floral abscission

Plant Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 303-310

  Lashbrook, Coralie C ^a,c   Giovannoni, James J ^b,d   Hall, Bradford D ^a   Fischer, Robert L ^b   Bennett, Alan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031931789     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00025.x     Document Type: Article

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