A vicilin-like seed protein of cycads: Similarity to sucrose-binding proteins

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-44

  Braun, H ^a   Czihal, A ^a   Shutov, A D ^b   Baumlein H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b MOLDOVA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Moldova)

Author keywords

cycades; gene evolution; seed proteins; sucrose binding protein

Indexed keywords

CYCADOPSIDA; CYCAS; GLYCINE MAX; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; ZAMIA; ZAMIA FURFURACEAE;

GLOBULIN; PLANT DNA; SUCROSE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VICILIN LIKE PROTEIN, PLANT; VICILIN PROTEIN, PLANT; VICILIN-LIKE PROTEIN, PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION; GLOBULINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEEDS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUCROSE;

EID: 0029666134     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020604     Document Type: Article

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