Structural and functional vein maturation in developing tobacco leaves in relation to AtSUC2 promoter activity

Plant Physiology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1555-1565

  Wright, Kathryn M ^a   Roberts, Alison G ^a   Martens, Helle J ^b   Sauer, Norbert ^c   Oparka, Karl J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; TISSUE;

VEINS;

TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0037394952     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.016022     Document Type: Article

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