Dihydrodipicolinate synthase in opaque and floury maize mutants

Plant Science

Volumn 173, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 458-467

  Varisi, Vanderlei A ^a   Medici, Leonardo O ^b   van der Meer, Ingrid ^c   Lea, Peter J ^d   Azevedo, Ricardo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dihydrodipicolinate synthase; Floury; Lysine; Maize; Mutants; Opaque

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CROPS; ENZYME ACTIVITY;

DIHYDRODIPICOLINATE SYNTHASE; FLOURY; MUTANTS;

ENZYME KINETICS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548137762     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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