The insectivorous sundew (Drosera rotundifolia, L.) might be a novel source of PR genes for biotechnology

Biologia - Section Cellular and Molecular Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 719-725

  Matušíková, Ildikó ^a   Libantová, Jana ^a   Moravčíková, Jana ^a   Mlynárová, Ludmila ^a,b   Nap, Jan Peter ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c HANZE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drosera rotundifolia (L.); Glucanase; Inverted Southern hybridisation; Primary structure; Sundew

Indexed keywords

DROSERA; DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA;

EID: 14844318174     PISSN: 13356399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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