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Molecular Characterization of Sucrose:Sucrose 1-Fructosyltransferase and Sucrose:Fructan 6-Fructosyltransferase Associated with Fructan Accumulation in Winter Wheat during Cold Hardening

Akira KAWAKAMINational Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region Hitsujigaoka, Sapporo 062-8555, Japan
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Midori YOSHIDANational Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region Hitsujigaoka, Sapporo 062-8555, Japan
Pages 2297-2305 | Received 07 Mar 2002, Accepted 22 May 2002, Published online: 22 May 2014

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