Genetic evidence for differences in the pathways of druse and prismatic calcium oxalate crystal formation in Medicago truncatula

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 332-338

  Nakata, Paul A ^a   McConn, Michele M ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; VITAMINS;

CRYSTAL PHENOTYPES; DRUSE; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; MUTANTS;

BIOSYNTHESIS;

CALCIUM; CRYSTAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEGUME; MUTATION; OXALATE;

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOSYNTHESIS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; OXALATES; PHENOTYPES;

MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA;

EID: 34247382093     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP06268     Document Type: Conference Paper

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