Polyamines and plant morphogenesis

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-11

  Kakkar, R K ^a   Nagar, P K ^b   Ahuja, P S ^b   Rai, V K ^a  

^a HIMACHAL PRADESH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Arginine decarboxylase; Ornithine decarboxylase; Putrescine; S adenosyl methionine decarboxylase, spermine, spermidine, embryogenesis, rhizogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034127548     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026582308902     Document Type: Review

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