Preliminary evaluation of somaclonal variation for the in vitro production of new toxic proteins from Viscum album L.

Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 217-221

  Kintzios, Spiridon ^a,b   Barberaki, Maria ^a,b   Tourgielis, Panagiotis ^a,b   Aivalakis, Georgios ^a,b   Volioti, An ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Callus culture; Lectin; Mistletoe; Somaclonal variation; Viscotoxin; Viscum album

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

PROTEIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEM; PLANT TISSUE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOMACLONAL VARIATION; TISSUE CULTURE; VISCUM ALBUM;

VISCUM; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0036401032     PISSN: 10496475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J044v09n02_31     Document Type: Conference Paper

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