Developmental changes of sucrose synthase activity and abundance in root and leaf tissues of Zostera marina

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 189-198

  Kraemer, George P ^a,c   Kohrs, Donald ^a   Alberte, Randall S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARETÉ ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Seagrass; Senescence; Sucrose synthase; Zostera

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE; SYNTHETASE;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN CONTENT; SENESCENCE;

ZOSTERA MARINA;

EID: 0032212632     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3770(98)00083-7     Document Type: Article

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