Winter survival of transgenic alfalfa overexpressing superoxide dismutase

Plant Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 839-847

  McKersie, Bryan D ^a   Bowley, Stephen R ^a   Jones, Kim S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CHLOROPLAST; COPPER; CYTOSOL; FREEZING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRESS TOLERANCE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SURVIVAL; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ZINC;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0032793927     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.119.3.839     Document Type: Article

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