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Specific induction of ethylene biosynthesis in tobacco plants by the air pollutant, ozone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

Zu-Hua Yin
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK
Christian Langebartels
Affiliation:
Institut für Pflanzenpathologie, GSF Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit Neuherberg, D-85758 Oberschleißheim, Germany
Heinrich Sandermann Jr
Affiliation:
Institut für Pflanzenpathologie, GSF Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit Neuherberg, D-85758 Oberschleißheim, Germany
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