Isolation of a drought-responsive alkaline α-galactosidase gene from New Zealand spinach

Plant Biotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 497-501

  Hara, Masakazu ^a   Tokunaga, Kozo ^a   Kuboi, Toru ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaline galactosidase; Drought stress; New Zealand spinach; Tetragonia tetragonioides

Indexed keywords

SPINACIA OLERACEA; TETRAGONIA TETRAGONIOIDES;

EID: 56449103957     PISSN: 13424580     EISSN: 13476114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.25.497     Document Type: Article

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