Glutamine synthetase and glutamate dehydrogenase in triticale seeds: Molecular cloning and genes expression

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2393-2406

  Grabowska, Agnieszka ^a   Kwinta, Joanna ^a   Bielawski, Wiesław ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Glutamate dehydrogenase; Glutamine synthetase; Seed; Triticale

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA; TRITICOSECALE;

EID: 84867653106     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-012-1085-9     Document Type: Article

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