Isolation and characterization of LHT-type plant amino acid transporter gene from Panax ginseng Meyer

Journal of Ginseng Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 361-370

  Zhang, Ru ^a,b   Zhu, Jie ^a   Cao, Hong Zhe ^a   Xie, Xiao Lei ^a   Huang, Jing Jia ^a   Chen, Xiang Hui ^a   Luo, Zhi Yong ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Abiotic stresses; LHT gene; Panax ginseng; Real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880064434     PISSN: 12268453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5142/jgr.2013.37.361     Document Type: Article

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