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Quantitation of nopaline and octopine in plant tissue using Sakaguchi’s reagent

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Abbreviations

Nop:

nopaline

Oct:

octopine

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Shaw, M.L., Conner, A.J., Lancaster, J.E. et al. Quantitation of nopaline and octopine in plant tissue using Sakaguchi’s reagent. Plant Mol Biol Rep 6, 155–164 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02669589

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