Laser diffraction: A new tool for identification and studies of physiological effectors involved in aggregation-coagulation of the rubber particles from Hevea latex

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 707-717

  Kongsawadworakul, Panida ^a   Chrestin, Hervé ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Coagulation; Hevea brasiliensis; Laser diffraction; Latex; Particle size analysis

Indexed keywords

CLONING, MOLECULAR; HEVEA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LASERS; LATEX; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANT PROTEINS; PRECIPITATION; TITRIMETRY;

HEVEA; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; HEVEA LATEX;

EID: 0041696474     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcg085     Document Type: Article

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