Subtilisin-like serine proteases involved in N remobilization during grain filling in wheat

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1997-2001

  Roberts, Irma N ^a   Caputo, Carla ^a   Kade, Mariana ^a   Criado, M Victoria ^a   Barneix, Atilio J ^b  

^a Universidad de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cytokinins; Proteases; Senescence; Subtilisin; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 80051670369     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-011-0712-1     Document Type: Article

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