β-Glucuronidase activity in seedlings of the parasitic angiosperm Cusctua pentagona: Developmental impact of the β-glucuronidase inhibitor saccharic acid 1,4-lactone

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 811-821

  Schoenbeck, Mark A ^a   Swanson, Gabriel A ^a   Brommer, Sydney J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Germination; Glycosyl hydrolase; Seedling development

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELL GROWTH; MICROORGANISMS; SEED;

CUSCUTA PENTAGONA ENGELM; GLYCOSYL HYDROLASE; SACCHARIC ACID; SEEDLING DEVELOPMENT;

ENZYME INHIBITION;

ANGIOSPERM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GERMINATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; INHIBITOR; PARASITIC PLANT; SEEDLING; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA PENTAGONA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 34548329948     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP07134     Document Type: Article

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