Characterisation of putative α-amylases from apple (Malus domestica) and Arabidopsis thaliana

Biologia - Section Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 11, 2002, Pages 137-148

  Stanley, Duncan ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Anna M ^b   Farnden, Kevin J F ^a   Macrae, Elspeth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

amylase; Arabidopsis thaliana; Intron structure; Malus domestica; Phylogeny; Subcellular localisation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0345736279     PISSN: 13356399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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