Putative ornithine decarboxylase activity in Arabidopsis thaliana: Inhibition and intracellular localisation

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 871-875

  Tassoni, Annalisa ^a   Fornalè, Silvia ^a   Bagni, Nello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Ornithine decarboxylase; Polyamines; Putrescine; Spermidine

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0142094710     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(03)00141-4     Document Type: Article

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