Plant tubulins: A melting pot for basic questions and promising applications

Transgenic Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 383-393

  Breviario, D ^a   Nick, P ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microtubules; Plant biotechnology; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PLANT CELL; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TUBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; TUBULIN;

EID: 0034505336     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026598710430     Document Type: Review

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