Involvement of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a reductase in cell division in the pericarp, which determines melon fruit size

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 588, Issue , 2002, Pages 35-38

  Kobayashi, T ^a   Kato Emori, S ^a   Tomita, K ^a   Ezura, H ^b  

^a PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cucumis melo; Enzyme; Flow cytometry; Northern blotting; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879660976     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.588.2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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