Molecular physiology of legume seed development

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2005, Pages 253-279

  Weber, Hans ^a   Borisjuk, Ljudmilla ^a   Wobus, Ulrich ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Metabolic control; Photoheterotrophic plastids; Seed maturation; Seed metabolism; Storage product synthesis

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ENERGY METABOLISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGUME; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ENERGY METABOLISM; FABACEAE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS;

EID: 20444375868     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.56.032604.144201     Document Type: Review

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