Recent discoveries on the roles of polyphosphates in plants

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 549-559

  Seufferheld, Manfredo J ^a   Curzi, Matías J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidocalcisomes; Algae; Embryo development; Mycorrhiza; Polyphosphate; PPK; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALGAE;

EID: 77954426175     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-010-0187-z     Document Type: Article

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