Differential expression and characterization of three metallothionein-like genes in Cavendish banana (Musa acuminata)

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 241-250

  Liu, Pei ^a,b   Goh, Chong Jin ^a   Loh, Chiang Shiong ^a   Pua, Eng Chong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DETOXIFICATION; ETHYLENE; FRUITS; POLYPEPTIDES; TISSUE;

RIPENING;

GENES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MUSA; MUSA ACUMINATA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036207199     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.2002.1140210.x     Document Type: Article

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