Hydrogen sulfide stimulates β-amylase activity during early stages of wheat grain germination

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1031-1033

  Zhang, Hua ^a,b   Dou, Wei ^a   Jiang, Cheng Xi ^c   Wei, Zhao Jun ^a   Liu, Jian ^a   Jones, Russell L ^b  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrogen sulfide; Reactive sulfur species; Seed germination; Wheat (triticum); amylase; amylase

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77957746772     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.5.8.12297     Document Type: Article

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