Acidic α-galactosidase is the most abundant nectarin in floral nectar of common tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

Annals of Botany

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 735-745

  Zha, Hong Guang ^a   Flowers, V Lynn ^b   Yang, Min ^c   Chen, Ling Yang ^a   Sun, Hang ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

galactosidase; enzymatic activity; floral nectar; Nicotiana tobacum; selfing syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTOSIDASE; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIODEGRADATION; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INHIBITION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NECTAR; OUTCROSSING; PLANT-INSECT INTERACTION; POLLINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECRETION; TOBACCO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NECTAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; TOBACCO;

ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT NECTAR; PLANT PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

HEXAPODA; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA ALATA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84863253520     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr321     Document Type: Article

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