Euphorbia latex biochemistry: Complex interactions in a complex environment

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 381-391

  Pintus, F ^a   Medda, R ^a   Rinaldi, A C ^a   Spano D ^a   Floris, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amine oxidase; Antiquitin; Calmodulin; Catalase; Euphorbia; Peroxidase

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA CHARACIAS; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 77955236613     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500903396016     Document Type: Article

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