Carnivorous pitcher plants: Insights in an old topic

Phytochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1678-1682

  Mithöfer, Axel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carnivorous plants; Digestion fluid; Hydrolytic enzymes; Nepenthes spp.; Pitcher trap; PR proteins

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HYDROLYSIS; INSECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ENZYMES; GENES, PLANT; HYDROLYSIS; INSECTS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; PLANT PROTEINS;

HEXAPODA; NEPENTHES; SARRACENIACEAE;

EID: 79959808637     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.11.024     Document Type: Review

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