Isolation by PCR-based methods of a plant antifungal polygalacturonaseinhibiting protein gene

Electronic Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 57-64

  Arendse, Melanie S ^a   Dubery, Ian A ^b   Berger, David K ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; POLYGALACTURONASE INHIBITING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0007318075     PISSN: 07173458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2225/vol2-issue3-fulltext-4     Document Type: Article

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