Molecular genetic analyses of plant polyamines

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-224

  Malmberg, Russell L ^a   Watson, Mark B ^a,b   Galloway, Gregory L ^a   Yu, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium rhizogenes; Arginine; Decarboxylases; Growth regulators; Ornithine; Polyamines; SAM; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ORNITHINE; PLANT PRODUCT; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

EID: 0031971051     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-2689(98)00358-X     Document Type: Article

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