A gene showing sequence similarity to pectin esterase is specifically expressed in developing pollen of Brassica napus. Sequences in its 5′ flanking region are conserved in other pollen-specific promoters

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 501-513

  Albani, Diego ^a   Altosaar, Illimar ^a   Arnison, Paul G ^b   Fabijanski, Steven F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Paladin Hybrids Inc ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; microscope development; pectin esterase; pollen specific gene; promoter sequences

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLESTERASE; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PECTINESTERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BRASSICA; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; POLLEN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0026148980     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: 15735028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00023417     Document Type: Article

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