Expression of two genes of paclitaxel biosynthetic pathway during germination of Taxus baccata zygotic embryos

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 515-519

  Brunakova K ^a   Kosuth J ^a   Katkovcinova Z ^a   Lazarova M ^a   Cellarova E ^a  

^a P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

dbat, dbtnbt; qRT PCR; Yew

Indexed keywords

TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 77953973772     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-010-0090-3     Document Type: Article

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