Oropetium thomaeum: A resurrection grass with a diploid genome

Maydica

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 185-192

  Bartels, D ^a,b   Mattar, M Z M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Menoufia University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aldose reductase; Dehydrin protein; Desiccation tolerance; Resurrection plant

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; LILIOPSIDA; SELAGINELLA PILIFERA; SPOROBOLUS STAPFIANUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036994368     PISSN: 00256153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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