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Selection and characterization of cultured alfalfa calluses resistant to ethionine

Xu Yunyuan, Jia Jingfen

Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Sciences.Beijing 100093

Abstract

These results suggest that the presence of ethionine might have caused the alteration of more than one enzyme in the biosynthesis of amino acids in the selected calluses. New isoenzyme forms, 44 kD superoxide dismutase and 45 kD esterase, were found in the selected callus.

Key words: Alfalfa;Ethionine;Isoenzyme;Resistant line;Tissue culture

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Xu Yunyuan, Jia Jingfen. Selection and characterization of cultured alfalfa calluses resistant to ethionine. Acta Physiol Sin 2001; 53 (1): (in Chinese with English abstract).