The final step of the ethylene biosynthesis pathway in turnip tops (Brassica rapa): Molecular characterization of the 1-aminocyclopropane-1- carboxylate oxidase BrACO1 throughout zygotic embryogenesis and germination of heterogeneous seeds

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 132-140

  Rodríguez Gacio, María Del Carmen ^a   Nicolás, Carlos ^b   Matilla, Angel Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CLONING; CORRELATION METHODS; DNA; ENZYMES; ETHYLENE; OXIDATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

DESICCATION; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOLOGY;

PHYSIOLOGY;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA;

EID: 2442607705     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-9317.2004.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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