cDNA cloning of a novel lectin-like xylem sap protein and its root-specific expression in cucumber

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1177-1181

  Masuda, Susumu ^a   Sakuta, Chiyoko ^b   Satoh, Shinobu ^b  

^a Noda Institute for Scientific Research   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cucumber (Cucurnis sativus); Lectin; Ricin; Root; Xylem sap

Indexed keywords

ABRIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CUCUMBER; LECTIN; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETECTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RICIN; XYLEM;

EID: 0033227480     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029504     Document Type: Article

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