Expression of a polygalacturonase associated with tomato seed germination

Plant Physiology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 419-428

  Sitrit, Yaron ^a,b   Hadfield, Kristen A ^a,c   Bennett, Alan B ^a   Bradford, Kent J ^a   Bruce Downie, A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Calgene Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSPERM; GERMINATION; PLANT GENETICS; POLYGALACTURONASE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0033212917     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.121.2.419     Document Type: Article

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