Molecular cloning and characterization of nucleoside diphosphate kinase 1 cDNA in tea

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 140-144

  Prabu, G R ^a,b   Thirugnanasambantham, K ^a   Mandal, A K A ^a,c   Saravanan, A ^a  

^a UPASI Tea Research Foundation   (India)

^b KARPAGAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Camellia sinensis; cytosolic expression; nucleoside triphosphate pool; sequence analysis; Southern blot

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS;

EID: 84856193441     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10535-012-0030-5     Document Type: Article

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