Cloning of nicotianamine synthase genes, novel genes involved in the biosynthesis of phytosiderophores

Plant Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 471-479

  Higuchi, Kyoko ^a,b   Suzuki, Kazuya ^a,b   Nakanishi, Hiromi ^a   Yamaguchi, Hirotaka ^a,b   Nishizawa, Naoko Kishi ^a   Mori, Satoshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NICOTIANAMINE SYNTHASE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYTOSIDEROPHORE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GENOME;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0033080541     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.119.2.471     Document Type: Article

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