Building stress tolerance through over-producing trehalose in transgenic plants

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 355-357

  Penna, Suprasanna ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

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EMBRYOPHYTA; FUNGI;

EID: 0042695944     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(03)00159-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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