Polyamines and flowering. Spermidine biosynthesis in the different whorls of developing flowers of nicotiana tabacum L

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-237

  Scaramagli, Sonia ^a   Franceschetti, Marina ^a   Michael, Anthony J ^b   Torrigiani, Patrizia ^a   Bagni, Nello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flower development; Gene expression; Nicotiana tabacum; S adenosylmethionine decarboxylase; Spermidine; Spermidine synthase

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008848425     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263509909381554     Document Type: Article

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