Studies on sporopollenin biosynthesis in Cucurbita maxima (DUCH.) -II. The involvement of aliphatic metabolism

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 431-436

  Meuter Gerhards, Andrea ^a   Riegert, Stefanie ^a   Wiermann, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

(Cucurbitaceae); Aliphatics; Biosynthesis; Cucurbita maxima (DUCH.); Sporopollenin; Tracer experiments

Indexed keywords

CUCURBITA MAXIMA;

EID: 0032920450     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(99)80279-X     Document Type: Article

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