Flax guaiacol peroxidases can be used to illustrate the possibility of misinterpreting the effects of stress on the activity of developmentally regulated enzymes

Plant Science

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 89-99

  Fieldes, M A ^a   Gerhardt, K E ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Cd treatment; Linum usitatissimum; Seedling development; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; PEROXIDASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; STRESS;

LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 0032570623     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(98)00002-8     Document Type: Article

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