Levels of seed proteins in Citrullus and Praecitrullus accessions

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-56

  Singh, N P ^b   Matta, N K ^a  

^a KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Citrullus; Cucurbitaceae; Globulins; Legumin; Seed proteins

Indexed keywords

CITRULLUS; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; CITRULLUS LANATUS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. CITROIDES; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; CITRULLUS REHMII; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; PRAECITRULLUS; PRAECITRULLUS FISTULOSUS;

EID: 78149499512     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-010-0347-5     Document Type: Article

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