Presence of nicotianamine synthase isozymes and their homologues in the root of graminaceous plants

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 681-691

  Higuchi, Kyoko ^a,b   Nakanishi, Hiromi ^a   Suzuki, Kazuya ^a,b   Nishizawa, Naoko K ^a   Mori, Satoshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fe deficiency; Graminaceous plant; Mugineic acid; Nicotianamine synthase; Western blot analysis

Indexed keywords

AVENA FATUA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032716950     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.1999.10415831     Document Type: Article

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