Glutathione modulation of purine metabolism in cultured white spruce embryogenic tissue

Plant Science

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1377-1385

  Belmonte, Mark ^a   Stasolla, Claudio ^b   Loukanina, Natalia ^a   Yeung, Edward C ^a   Thorpe, Trevor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embryogenic tissue proliferation; Glutathione; Picea glauca; Purine metabolism

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; ENZYMES; METABOLISM; TISSUE;

GLUTATHIONE MODULATION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 0344065692     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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