Hydrolysis of glucuronide-based substrates mediated by tungsten, Cu2+, Fe2+, and Zn2+

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 484-490

  Wozniak, Chris A ^a   Owens, Lowell D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

GUS substrates; Metal mediated catalysis; Microprojectile bombardment; Transformation; Tungsten microcarriers

Indexed keywords

EID: 5844305808     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1996.tb00462.x     Document Type: Article

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