Molecular Analysis of the Pathway for the Synthesis of Thiol Tripeptides in the Model Legume Lotus japonicus

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1039-1046

  Matamoros, Manuel A ^a,b   Clemente, Maria R ^b   Sato, Shusei ^c   Asamizu, Erika ^c   Tabata, Satoshi ^c   Ramos, Javier ^b   Moran, Jose F ^b   Stiller, Jiri ^a   Gresshoff, Peter M ^a   Becana, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; LOTUS CORNICULATUS VAR. JAPONICUS; LOTUS JAPONICUS;

EID: 10744231140     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2003.16.11.1039     Document Type: Article

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