Loblolly pine arginase responds to arginine in vitro

Planta

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 610-615

  Todd, Christopher D ^a,b   Gifford, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginase; Arginine; Loblolly pine tissue culture; Pinus taeda; Seedling development

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ENZYMES; RNA; SEED;

EMBRYOS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARGINASE; ARGININE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PINUS; SEEDS;

EUKARYOTA; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0042352491     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-003-1022-7     Document Type: Article

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