Exo-glycosidases activities in Artemisia sphaerocephala mucilaginous achene germination process

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1380-1383

  Huang, Zhen Ying ^a   Osborne, Daphne J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b Oxford Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artemisia sphaerocephala; Ecological function; Exo glycosidases; Mucilaginous achene

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA SPHAEROCEPHALA;

EID: 0036881970     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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