The metabolic role of the legume endosperm: A noninvasive imaging study

Plant Physiology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1139-1154

  Melkus, Gerd ^a   Rolletschek, Hardy ^b   Radchuk, Ruslana ^b   Fuchs, Johannes ^a   Rutten, Twan ^b   Wobus, Ulrich ^b   Altmann, Thomas ^b   Jakob, Peter ^a   Borisjuk, Ljudmilla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 70350666375     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.109.143974     Document Type: Article

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